aeroplano
[aeɾoˈplano]
The verdict
“aeroplano” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #53,980 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,980
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Medio de transporte aéreo más pesado que el aire, provisto de alas y un cuerpo de carga capaz de volar, propulsado siempre por uno o más motores. Los aeroplanos incluyen a los monoplanos, biplanos ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aeroplano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aeɾoˈplano] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aeroplano” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for aeroplano is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aeɾoˈplano]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,980 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Medio de transporte aéreo más pesado que el aire, provisto de alas y un cuerpo de carga capaz de volar, propulsado siempre por uno o más motores. Los aeroplanos incluyen a los monoplanos, biplanos ...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for aeroplano in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is aeroplano, spelled A-E-R-O-P-L-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Medio de transporte aéreo más pesado que el aire, provisto de alas y un cuerpo de carga capaz de volar, propulsado siempre por uno o más motores. Los aeroplanos incluyen a los monoplanos, biplanos y triplanos.
This word in other languages
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-E-R-O-P-L-A-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aeɾoˈplano] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.