air gun
/ˈeə(ɹ).ɡʌn/
"air-gun" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“air gun” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air or similar compressed gas (such as carbon dioxide).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | air gun |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈeə(ɹ).ɡʌn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “air gun” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
air gun is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈeə(ɹ).ɡʌn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air or similar compressed gas (such as carbon dioxide).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for air gun, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is air gun, spelled A-I-R- -G-U-N.
Definition
- 1A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air or similar compressed gas (such as carbon dioxide).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “air gun”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-I-R- -G-U-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈeə(ɹ).ɡʌn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.