aerodrome
noun
aerodrome is spelled A-E-R-O-D-R-O-M-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, aerodrome means “An airfield” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of aerodrome is aerodromes.
How many letters and syllables are in aerodrome?
| Letters | 9: A-E-R-O-D-R-O-M-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is aerodrome?
Aerodrome appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce aerodrome?
- Australia
- US
Aerodrome has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_aerodrome.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-aerodrome.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of aerodrome
- aerodromes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aerodrome mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An airfield.
- 2
AustraliaCanadaAny area of land or water used for aircraft operation, regardless of facilities.
- 3
An airfield used for managed aircraft operation, either military or civilian, having such facilities as are necessary for operation.
- 4
UKAn airfield equipped with air traffic control facilities and hangars as well as accommodation for passengers and cargo; an airport.
- 5
obsoleteA flying machine composed of aeroplanes (“airfoils, aerodynamic surfaces”). An aeroplane (“airplane, aircraft”), particularly one constructed by or according to the design of Samuel Pierpont Langley and Charles M. Manly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aerodrome in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense airfield:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.