aviate
/ˈeɪvieɪt/verb
aviate is spelled A-V-I-A-T-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, aviate means “To operate an aircraft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in aviate?
| Letters | 6: A-V-I-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is aviate?
Aviate appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th 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 aviate?
- /ˈeɪvieɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-aviate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of aviate
- aviates present, singular, he/she/it
- aviating participle, present
- aviated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aviate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To operate an aircraft.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does aviate come from?
Back-formation from aviator. By surface analysis, avi- + -ate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).