aerobatic
/ˌɛːɹ.əˈbæ.tɪk/
"aerobatic" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aerobatic” is an uncommon English word, ranked #77,385 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #77,385
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having to do with acrobatic maneuvers, such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aerobatic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌɛːɹ.əˈbæ.tɪk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aerobatic” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for aerobatic is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌɛːɹ.əˈbæ.tɪk/. Corpus data places it at rank #77,385 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Having to do with acrobatic maneuvers, such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aerobatic, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of aero- + acrobatic. The correct English form is aerobatic, spelled A-E-R-O-B-A-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Having to do with acrobatic maneuvers, such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.
Etymology
Blend of aero- + acrobatic.
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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- The one correct English spelling is A-E-R-O-B-A-T-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.