# aerial

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɛɹiəl/ · frequency rank #8,112

## Definitions
1. Living or taking place in the air.
2. Made up of air or gas; gaseous.
3. Positioned high up; elevated.
4. Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.
5. Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
6. Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.
7. Above the ground.

## Etymology
From Latin āeri(us) + -al, from Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + -ιος (-ios). By surface analysis, aer- (“air”) + -ial.

## Easily confused with
- **aria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerial-vs-aria)
- **April** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerial-vs-april)
- **Ariel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerial-vs-ariel)
- **axial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerial-vs-axial)
- **Arias** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerial-vs-arias)
- **Avril** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerial-vs-avril)
- **aural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerial-vs-aural)
- **Arian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerial-vs-arian)
- **atrial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerial-vs-atrial)
- **arrival** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerial-vs-arrival)
- **aerials** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerial-vs-aerials)
- **arterial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerial-vs-arterial)
- **Adrian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-aerial)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aeiral`, `aerail`, `aeriall`, `aerila`, `aerrial`, `areial`, `earial`

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