aérodyne
\a.e.ʁo.din\
The verdict
“aérodyne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aéronef dont la sustentation est assurée par la portance d'une voilure fixe (avion, planeur) ou tournante (hélicoptère, autogire).
Corpus desk
Index FR-aerodyne · aérodyne · French
aérodyne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aérodyne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.e.ʁo.din\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aérodyne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.e.ʁo.din\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aéronef dont la sustentation est assurée par la portance d'une voilure fixe (avion, planeur) ou tournante (hélicoptère, autogire).".
Zero misspellings are on record for aérodyne in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 aérodyne, spelled A-É-R-O-D-Y-N-E.
Definition
- 1Aéronef dont la sustentation est assurée par la portance d'une voilure fixe (avion, planeur) ou tournante (hélicoptère, autogire).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aérodyne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'était la fête de Neuilly des hommes électriques. Mes oncles et mon père, qui aimaient d'ailleurs monter à Neuilly sur les manèges et entrer chez l'aérodyne, prenaient goût à cette foire.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.