aéroclub
\a.e.ʁo.klœb\
The verdict
“aéroclub” is uncommon French (frequency #73,738 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,738
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Association ayant pour but de permettre et favoriser la pratique de l’aviation générale (vol moteur, vol à voile, etc.)
Corpus desk
Index FR-aeroclub · aéroclub · French
aéroclub · rank #73,738 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,738
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH ayatollahs
Nearest frequency peer: ayatollahs (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « aéroclub »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- avancèrent
avancèrent
26,266 corpus weight
- avortés
avortés
26,265 corpus weight
- ayatollahs
ayatollahs
26,264 corpus weight
- aéroclub
aéroclub
26,263 corpus weight
- baffer
baffer
26,261 corpus weight
- baisseront
baisseront
26,260 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aéroclub » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aéroclub |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.e.ʁo.klœb\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,738 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aéroclub » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aéroclub is uncommon French at frequency #73,738 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.e.ʁo.klœb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Association ayant pour but de permettre et favoriser la pratique de l’aviation générale (vol moteur, vol à voile, etc.)".
Zero misspellings are on record for aéroclub in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is aéroclub, spelled A-É-R-O-C-L-U-B.
Definition
- 1Association ayant pour but de permettre et favoriser la pratique de l’aviation générale (vol moteur, vol à voile, etc.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aéroclub appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un aéroclub n’existe pas sans aérodrome, dès le début 1946 Louis Raimbault a repéré une petite plaine située à 3 kilomètres à l’ouest d’Aubigny au beau milieu des bois de la Théau (prononcez la Tiau, en berrichon), en plein paysage de Sologne.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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