aviation
a·vi·a·tion/ˌeɪ̯.viːˈeɪ̯.ʃən/noun
aviation is spelled A-V-I-A-T-I-O-N, 4 syllables: a·vi·a·tion. The wrong spelling people search most is avation: about 160 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 27 of all searches for the word. Aviation is a noun meaning “The art or science of making and flying aircraft”. The plural of aviation is aviations.
How many letters and syllables are in aviation?
| Letters | 8: A-V-I-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: a·vi·a·tion |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,407th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, avation, about 160 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell aviation?
Aviation is spelled A-V-I-A-T-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 27 of the searches for aviation in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is aviation?
Aviation appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th 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 aviation?
- UK /ˌeɪ̯.viːˈeɪ̯.ʃən/
- UK /ˌav.iː-/
- UK /ˌæv.iː-/
Aviation has 4 syllables, split a·vi·a·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-aviation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with aviation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as aviation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/, British pronunciation):
- translation
- determination
- delegation
- authorization
- degradation
- deportation
- inauguration
- deprivation
- depreciation
- visualization
- denomination
- deforestation
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of aviation
- aviations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aviation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
- 2
Flying, operating, or operation of aircraft.
The history of aviation is full of daring pioneers.
- 3
Industry that produces aircraft.
- 4
Aircraft.
- 5
A cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate aviation?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of aviation: av.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aviation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense art or science of flying:
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 aviation come from?
Borrowed from French aviation, derived from Latin avis (“bird”). By surface analysis, avi- + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).