airbag

\ɛʁ.baɡ\

/\ɛʁ.baɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“airbag” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,847. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,847
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coussin gonflable de sécurité protégeant en cas de choc les usagers des véhicules qui en sont équipés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-airbag · airbag · French

airbag · rank #44,847 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,847
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ajouterais

Nearest frequency peer: ajouterais (+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 « airbag »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « airbag » 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).

airbag vs Airbus
50% similar
airbag vs Airbnb
50% similar
airbag vs airbags
86% similar

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

Key facts for airbag
PropertyValue
Headwordairbag
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛʁ.baɡ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,847
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « airbag »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.airbagse 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 « ajouterais » (#44,848), « adorons » (#44,845), « albe » (#44,849). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « airbag » est au #44,847. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around airbag (IPA \ɛʁ.baɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,847 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for airbag, with forms such as "aibrag", "airabg", and "airbagg". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Airbus", "Airbnb", "airbags", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is airbag, spelled A-I-R-B-A-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coussin gonflable de sécurité protégeant en cas de choc les usagers des véhicules qui en sont équipés.
  2. 2
    Coussin gonflable de sécurité munissant un gilet protégeant en cas de choc leurs porteurs, notamment certains motards.
  3. 3
    Sein, poitrine féminine, surtout quand elle est opulente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans le cas d’un véhicule muni d’un coussin gonflable destiné à protéger le conducteur, cette indication doit se présenter sous la forme de la mention « AIRBAG » située à l’intérieur de la circonférence du volant de direction ; cette mention doit être apposée durablement et de façon très visible. — règlement CEE-ONU 94
  2. Parfois, l’autocollant joue la blague, avec plus ou moins de succès : « Jesus is my airbag » a eu le don de me faire sourire pour son ironie assumée.

Synonyms

coussin gonflablesac gonflable

This word in other languages

airbag(English)airbag(Español)Airbag(Deutsch)airbag(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aibrag
  • airabg
  • airbagg
  • airbbag
  • airbga
  • airrbag
  • aribag
  • iarbag

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of airbag - 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.

aibrag2airabg2airbagg1airbbag1airbga2airrbag1aribag2iarbag2
Edit distance from "airbag"

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 "airbag"?
"airbag" is spelled A-I-R-B-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛʁ.baɡ\.
What does "airbag" mean?
As a noun, "airbag" means: Coussin gonflable de sécurité protégeant en cas de choc les usagers des véhicules qui en sont équipés.
What words are commonly confused with "airbag"?
"airbag" is commonly confused with "Airbus", "Airbnb", "airbags". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "airbag"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "airbag" is \ɛʁ.baɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "airbag" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

audios#44,876Youcef#44,815bambin#44,883Belize#44,889

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

allumez8 variantsAnnonay8 variantsannuité8 variantsassumez8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list