# airborne

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #11,646

## Definitions
1. In or carried by the air.
2. In flight.
3. Fitted to an aircraft.
4. Transported by air in an aircraft.

## Etymology
Attested since the 1640s; air + -borne

## Easily confused with
- **airforce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/airborne-vs-airforce)

## Common misspellings (11)
`aibrorne`, `airbborne`, `airbonre`, `airboren`, `airbornne`, `airborrne`, `airbrone`, `airobrne`, `airrborne`, `ariborne`, `iarborne`

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