aérodrome

\a.e.ʁɔ.dʁom\

/\a.e.ʁɔ.dʁom\/ noun

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The verdict

“aérodrome” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,775. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,775
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aéronef.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aerodrome · aérodrome · French

aérodrome · rank #22,775 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #22,775
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Auditorium

Nearest frequency peer: Auditorium (-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 « aérodrome »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aérodrome » 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).

aérodrome vs aérodromes
90% similar

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

Key facts for aérodrome
PropertyValue
Headwordaérodrome
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.e.ʁɔ.dʁom\
Letters9
Frequency rank#22,775
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aérodrome »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aérodromese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Auditorium » (#22,774), « bailliage » (#22,776), « astres » (#22,773). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aérodrome » est au #22,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around aérodrome (IPA \a.e.ʁɔ.dʁom\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,775 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for aérodrome, with forms such as "aerodrome", "aréodrome", and "aéordrome". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "aérodromes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is aérodrome, spelled A-É-R-O-D-R-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aéronef.
  2. 2
    Terrain aménagé pour l’atterrissage, le stationnement, l'entretien et le décollage habituels des aéronefs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Signaler la présence des aérodromes.
  2. La plupart des personnes venues assister à notre décollage étaient encore sur l’aérodrome à 10 heures et demie.

This word in other languages

airfield(English)aeródromo(Español)Flugplatz(Deutsch)aeroporto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aerodrome
  • aréodrome
  • aéordrome
  • aérdorome
  • aéroddrome
  • aérodorme
  • aérodrmoe
  • aérodroem
  • aérodromme
  • aérodrrome
  • aérordome
  • aérrodrome
  • éarodrome

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aérodrome - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aerodrome1aréodrome2aéordrome2aérdorome2aéroddrome1aérodorme2aérodrmoe2aérodroem2
Edit distance from "aérodrome"

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 "aérodrome"?
"aérodrome" is spelled A-É-R-O-D-R-O-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.e.ʁɔ.dʁom\.
What does "aérodrome" mean?
As a noun, "aérodrome" means: Aéronef.
What words are commonly confused with "aérodrome"?
"aérodrome" is commonly confused with "aérodromes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aérodrome"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aérodrome" is \a.e.ʁɔ.dʁom\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aérodrome" come from?
"aérodrome" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bailliage#22,776armements#22,770apprêtait#22,768allusions#22,765

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Auditorium13 variantsadditionnelle13 variantséclatant13 variantsconvertie13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list