Airports

[ˈɛːɐ̯poːɐ̯t͡s]

/[ˈɛːɐ̯poːɐ̯t͡s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Airports” is uncommon German (frequency #69,973 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,973
frequency rank, German
113,935
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Airport

Key facts for Airports
PropertyValue
HeadwordAirports
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛːɐ̯poːɐ̯t͡s]
Letters8
Frequency rank#69,973
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Airports” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Airports lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Airports is uncommon German at frequency #69,973 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛːɐ̯poːɐ̯t͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Airports, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Airports, spelled A-I-R-P-O-R-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Airport
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Airport
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Airport
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Airport
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Airport

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Airports"?
"Airports" is spelled A-I-R-P-O-R-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛːɐ̯poːɐ̯t͡s].
What does "Airports" mean?
As a noun, "Airports" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Airport
How do you pronounce "Airports"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Airports" is [ˈɛːɐ̯poːɐ̯t͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Airports" come from?
"Airports" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Airports”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-I-R-P-O-R-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈɛːɐ̯poːɐ̯t͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list