airfare
noun
airfare is spelled A-I-R-F-A-R-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, airfare means “The cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of airfare is airfares.
How many letters and syllables are in airfare?
| Letters | 7: A-I-R-F-A-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,748th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is airfare?
Airfare appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce airfare?
- US
Airfare has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-airfare.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of airfare
- airfares plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does airfare mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip.
I'd love to visit Paris, but I can't afford the airfare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Airfare in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Flugpreis |
| Spanish | pasaje aéreo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does airfare come from?
From air + fare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).