aérographe
\a.e.ʁɔ.ɡʁaf\
The verdict
“aérographe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Outil de peinture utilisant le même principe que celui du pistolet à peinture utilisé par les carrossiers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aerographe · aérographe · French
aérographe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | aérographe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.e.ʁɔ.ɡʁaf\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aérographe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.e.ʁɔ.ɡʁaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aérographe, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is aérographe, spelled A-É-R-O-G-R-A-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Outil de peinture utilisant le même principe que celui du pistolet à peinture utilisé par les carrossiers.
- 2Appareil utilisant un gaz comprimé pour pulvériser une solution colorée par un orifice de section variable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aérographe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Morley termina le tableau à l’aérographe, pour faire disparaître les différences entre les zones peintes au magna et celles peintes à l’huile et pour atténuer les variations, inévitables, dans les tons de noir peints à l’huile.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.