aerosol
/ˈɛɚ.əˌsɔl/
"aerosol" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aerosol” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #27,712 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,712
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aerosol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛɚ.əˌsɔl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aerosol” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for aerosol is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɛɚ.əˌsɔl/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,712 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for aerosol, with forms such as "aeorsol", "aeroosl", and "aeroslo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From aero- + sol (“solution”). The correct English form is aerosol, spelled A-E-R-O-S-O-L.
Definition
- 1A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
- 2An aerosol can.
- 3The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
- 4A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.
Etymology
From aero- + sol (“solution”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aeorsol,aeroosl,aeroslo,aerosoll,aerossol,aerrosol,aersool,areosol,earosol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aerosol - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “aerosol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-E-R-O-S-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɛɚ.əˌsɔl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.