aircrew
"aircrew" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aircrew” is uncommon English (frequency #52,760 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,760
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A group of two or more trained individuals, formed as a team that operates an aircraft.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aircrew · aircrew · English
aircrew · rank #52,760 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,760
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Airdrie
Nearest frequency peer: Airdrie (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “aircrew”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- achiever
achiever
47,245 corpus weight
- actuary
actuary
47,244 corpus weight
- adagio
adagio
47,243 corpus weight
- aircrew
aircrew
47,241 corpus weight
- Airdrie
Airdrie
47,240 corpus weight
- airmail
airmail
47,239 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “aircrew” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aircrew |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “aircrew” in English
Rare enough to double-check
aircrew is uncommon English at frequency #52,760 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A group of two or more trained individuals, formed as a team that operates an aircraft.".
aircrew has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From air + crew. The correct English form is aircrew, spelled A-I-R-C-R-E-W.
Definition
- 1A group of two or more trained individuals, formed as a team that operates an aircraft.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aircrew appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The aircrew ran to the bomber.
Etymology
From air + crew.
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); 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).