# fuselage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfjuːzəˌlɑːʒ/ · frequency rank #25,769

## Definitions
1. The main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long central structure of an aircraft to which the wings (or rotors), tail, and engines are attached, and which accommodates crew and cargo.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin fūsusder.
Old French fusel
Proto-Italic *-āzi
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Latin -ereinflu.
Latin -āre
Old French -ier
Middle French -er
French -er
French fuseler
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Italic *-kos
Latin -cus
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -age
Middle French -age
French -age
French fuselagebor.
English fuselage
Borrowed from French fuselage. Ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle, spinning wheel”).
For the meaning development, compare rocket, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“spinning wheel, distaff”) (whence also English rock (“distaff, the flax or wool on a distaff”)).

## Common misspellings (11)
`ffuselage`, `fsuelage`, `fueslage`, `fusealge`, `fuselaeg`, `fuselagge`, `fuselgae`, `fusellage`, `fusleage`, `fusselage`, `ufselage`

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