aire

/[ˈajɾe]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#734

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

aire is aSpanishnoun. It means: Mezcla de gases que fluye libremente hacia todas las direcciones posibles y ocupa todo el espacio libre de un recinto. Pronounced [ˈajɾe]. It ranks #734 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with art and ave.

Key facts for aire
PropertyValue
Headwordaire
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈajɾe]
Letters4
Frequency rank#734
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of aire in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for aire is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈajɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #734 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for aire, with forms such as "aier", "airre", and "arie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "art", "ave", "are", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is aire, spelled A-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mezcla de gases que fluye libremente hacia todas las direcciones posibles y ocupa todo el espacio libre de un recinto.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, espacio correspondiente a la atmósfera terrestre.
  3. 3
    Uno de los cuatro elementos básicos de la alquimia.
  4. 4
    Elemento que incluye los signos de Géminis, Libra y Acuario.
  5. 5
    Viento.
  6. 6
    Casilla libre que se deja al propio rey mediante un avance de peón, con el fin de evitar el mate del pasillo.
  7. 7
    Semblanza, parecido de una persona con otra, sobre todo en lo que respecta a las actitudes.
  8. 8
    Una melodía.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aier,airre,arie,iare

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aire

Misspelling Variants of "aire"

aier4airre5arie4iare4
Misspelling Variants of "aire"

Frequency rank: #734 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aire"?
"aire" is spelled A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈajɾe].
What does "aire" mean?
As a noun, "aire" means: Mezcla de gases que fluye libremente hacia todas las direcciones posibles y ocupa todo el espacio libre de un recinto.
What words are commonly confused with "aire"?
"aire" is commonly confused with "art", "ave", "are". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aire" is [ˈajɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aire" come from?
"aire" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.