aériens

\a.e.ʁjɛ̃\

/\a.e.ʁjɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“aériens” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,316
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de aérien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aeriens · aériens · French

aériens · rank #12,316 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,316
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH azote

Nearest frequency peer: azote (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « aériens »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « aériens » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

aériens vs Amiens
57% similar
aériens vs aliens
71% similar
aériens vs aryens
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for aériens
PropertyValue
Headwordaériens
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.e.ʁjɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,316
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aériens »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aériensse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « azote » (#12,315), « bagage » (#12,317), « avancent » (#12,314). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aériens » est au #12,316. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around aériens (IPA \a.e.ʁjɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,316 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de aérien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aériens, with forms such as "aeriens", "aréiens", and "aéirens". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Amiens", "aliens", "aryens", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aériens, spelled A-É-R-I-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de aérien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how aériens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vétérans chevronnés de la guerre des boutons, grands maraudeurs de pommes et abatteurs de noix, tous, garnements de dix à douze ans, nous avions ce printemps-là reformé notre association de bandits grimpeurs, pillards aériens et détrousseurs de nids.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aeriens
  • aréiens
  • aéirens
  • aéreins
  • aérienns
  • aérienss
  • aériesn
  • aérines
  • aérriens
  • éariens

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aériens - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aeriens1aréiens2aéirens2aéreins2aérienns1aérienss1aériesn2aérines2
Edit distance from "aériens"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aériens"?
"aériens" is spelled A-É-R-I-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.e.ʁjɛ̃\.
What does "aériens" mean?
As an adjective, "aériens" means: Masculin pluriel de aérien.
What words are commonly confused with "aériens"?
"aériens" is commonly confused with "Amiens", "aliens", "aryens". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aériens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aériens" is \a.e.ʁjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aériens" come from?
"aériens" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aériens", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list