airdrop

noun

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"airdrop" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“airdrop” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,178. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,178
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.

Corpus desk

Index EN-airdrop · airdrop · English

airdrop · rank #49,178 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,178
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Akram

Nearest frequency peer: Akram (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “airdrop”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for airdrop
PropertyValue
Headwordairdrop
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,178
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “airdrop”

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).airdroplands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Akram” (#49,179), “aftershave” (#49,176), “alarmist” (#49,180). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “airdrop” is #49,178. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around airdrop, anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,178 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for airdrop, with forms such as "aidrrop", "airddrop", and "airdorp". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From air + drop. The correct English form is airdrop, spelled A-I-R-D-R-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
  2. 2
    The distribution of free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. But Facebook is also likely to carry out what’s known in cryptocurrency circles as an “air drop”, handing out small amounts of currency for free in an effort to kickstart the ecosystem.

Etymology

From air + drop.

This word in other languages

Abwurf(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aidrrop
  • airddrop
  • airdorp
  • airdropp
  • airdrpo
  • airdrrop
  • airrdop
  • airrdrop
  • aridrop
  • iardrop

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of airdrop - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aidrrop2airddrop1airdorp2airdropp1airdrpo2airdrrop1airrdop2airrdrop1
Edit distance from "airdrop"

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 "airdrop"?
"airdrop" is spelled A-I-R-D-R-O-P.
What does "airdrop" mean?
As a noun, "airdrop" means: The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
What are common misspellings of "airdrop"?
Common misspellings include "aidrrop", "airddrop", "airdorp", "airdropp", "airdrpo". The correct spelling is "airdrop".
What is the origin of the word "airdrop"?
From air + drop. 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 "airdrop", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list