# aerosol

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛɚ.əˌsɔl/ · frequency rank #27,712

## Definitions
1. A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
2. An aerosol can.
3. The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
4. A 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”).

## Common misspellings (9)
`aeorsol`, `aeroosl`, `aeroslo`, `aerosoll`, `aerossol`, `aerrosol`, `aersool`, `areosol`, `earosol`

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