aerobatics

noun

"aerobatics" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“aerobatics” is uncommon English (frequency #89,078 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,078
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights.

Corpus desk

Index EN-aerobatics · aerobatics · English

aerobatics · rank #89,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,078
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH adroitly

Nearest frequency peer: adroitly (-1 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 “aerobatics”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “aerobatics” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aerobatics
PropertyValue
Headwordaerobatics
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#89,078
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “aerobatics” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).aerobaticsfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “adroitly” (#89,077), “admiringly” (#89,076), “agitprop” (#89,081). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “aerobatics” is #89,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aerobatics is uncommon English at frequency #89,078 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aerobatics, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of aeronautic + acrobatics. The correct English form is aerobatics, spelled A-E-R-O-B-A-T-I-C-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights.

Etymology

Blend of aeronautic + acrobatics.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aerobatics"?
"aerobatics" is spelled A-E-R-O-B-A-T-I-C-S.
What does "aerobatics" mean?
As a noun, "aerobatics" means: The practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights.
What is the origin of the word "aerobatics"?
Blend of aeronautic + acrobatics. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list