airing
/ˈɛəɹɪŋ/
"airing" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“airing” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #13,279 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,279
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Exposure of something to the air, especially fresh or warm air for the purpose of ventilating or drying; (countable) an instance of this.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | airing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛəɹɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “airing” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for airing is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɛəɹɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,279 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for airing, with forms such as "aiirng", "airign", and "airingg". 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. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "asking", "arming", "awning", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From air (“substance constituting Earth’s atmosphere”, noun) and air (“to bring (something) into contact with the air; to let fresh air into (a place); to make public (an opinion, etc.); to broadcast (something)”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming nouns or noun-… The correct English form is airing, spelled A-I-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Exposure of something to the air, especially fresh or warm air for the purpose of ventilating or drying; (countable) an instance of this.
- 2Exposure of something to the air, especially fresh or warm air for the purpose of ventilating or drying; (countable) an instance of this.
- 3Exposure of something to the air, especially fresh or warm air for the purpose of ventilating or drying; (countable) an instance of this.
- 4An act of broadcasting a radio or television show; a broadcasting.
- 5Public disclosure or discussion of a subject, or expression of an opinion; (countable) an instance of this.
Etymology
From air (“substance constituting Earth’s atmosphere”, noun) and air (“to bring (something) into contact with the air; to let fresh air into (a place); to make public (an opinion, etc.); to broadcast (something)”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming nouns or noun-like terms from verbs, denoting acts of doing something, actions, or the embodiment of action; and forming the present participles of verbs).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aiirng,airign,airingg,airinng,airnig,airring,ariing,iaring
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of airing - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “airing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-I-R-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɛəɹɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “asking” - see the side-by-side comparison. airing vs asking
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.