# acrobat

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæk.ɹə.bæt/ · frequency rank #40,540

## Definitions
1. An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

## Etymology
From French acrobate, from Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs, “walking on tiptoe, climbing aloft”), from ἀκροβατέω (akrobatéō, “I walk on tiptoe”), from ἄκρον (ákron, “highest or farthest point, mountain top, peak”) + βαίνω (baínō, “I walk, step”).

## Easily confused with
- **acrobatic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acrobat-vs-acrobatic)

## Common misspellings (10)
`accrobat`, `acorbat`, `acrboat`, `acroabt`, `acrobatt`, `acrobbat`, `acrobta`, `acrrobat`, `arcobat`, `carobat`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/acrobat