airbus

Name: airbus, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈeɹ.bʌs/

//ˈeɹ.bʌs// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“airbus” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,752
frequency rank, English: 3,931
“A” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one.

Corpus desk

Index EN-airbus · airbus · English

airbus · rank #18,752 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

FREQ-MID #18,752
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 3,931
PHOTO-FINISH agility

Nearest frequency peer: agility (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

afloat

81,251
agility

81,250
airbus

81,249
alba

81,248
alteration

81,247
annoyance

81,246

What this shows “airbus” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

airbus vs airs

67% similar

airbus vs aires

67% similar

airbus vs Argus

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for airbus
Property	Value
Headword	airbus
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈeɹ.bʌs/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#18,752
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	8
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “airbus”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).airbuslands here:

#18,752

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “agility” (#18,751), “alba” (#18,753), “afloat” (#18,750). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “airbus” is #18,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around airbus (IPA /ˈeɹ.bʌs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,752 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for airbus, with forms such as "aibrus", "airbbus", and "airbsu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "airs", "aires", "Argus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From air + bus. The correct English form is airbus, spelled A-I-R-B-U-S.

Definition

1
A subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how airbus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Before he and my mother were killed together in a holiday air-bus crash five years later, they had seen the new companies drive all competing oils off the market and those of us who had been in at the beginning apparently well set for life.

Etymology

From air + bus.

This word in other languages

aerobús(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aibrus
airbbus
airbsu
airbuss
airrbus
airubs
aribus
iarbus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of airbus - 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.

Edit distance from "airbus"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "airbus"?

"airbus" is spelled A-I-R-B-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈeɹ.bʌs/.

What does "airbus" mean?

As a noun, "airbus" means: A subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one.

What words are commonly confused with "airbus"?

"airbus" is commonly confused with "airs", "aires", "Argus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "airbus"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "airbus" is /ˈeɹ.bʌs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "airbus"?

From air + bus. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "airbus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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