aeration
/ɛːˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
"aeration" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aeration” is uncommon English (frequency #53,358 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,358
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process by which air is circulated through or mixed with a substance such as soil or a liquid.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aeration · aeration · English
aeration · rank #53,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,358
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH acca
Nearest frequency peer: acca (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “aeration”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Zeng
Zeng
46,650 corpus weight
- Abramson
Abramson
46,646 corpus weight
- acca
acca
46,645 corpus weight
- aeration
aeration
46,643 corpus weight
- Agassi
Agassi
46,641 corpus weight
- Akita
Akita
46,638 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “aeration” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aeration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɛːˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “aeration” in English
Rare enough to double-check
aeration is uncommon English at frequency #53,358 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɛːˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aeration, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is aeration, spelled A-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The process by which air is circulated through or mixed with a substance such as soil or a liquid.
- 2By extension, a process in which other gases (such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen or argon) are circulated through or mixed with a substance (usually liquid), sometimes with the consequence of increasing the transfer of air into the same liquid at the surface due to the induced circulation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aeration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Mekydro transmission employs a single converter and a four-speed mechanical gearbox, which has the advantage of cheapness and simplicity for the same number of gear changes, and does away with the necessity for constantly emptying and filling converters, which tends to harm the oil by aeration.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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