# airsoft

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #43,499

## Definitions
1. A modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a type of air gun running compressed air or similar compressed gas (e.g., carbon dioxide).

## Etymology
From air + soft.

## Easily confused with
- **airport** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/airport-vs-airsoft)
- **airlift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/airlift-vs-airsoft)

## Common misspellings (10)
`airosft`, `airrsoft`, `airsfot`, `airsofft`, `airsoftt`, `airsotf`, `airssoft`, `aisroft`, `arisoft`, `iarsoft`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/airsoft