pont aérien
\pɔ̃ a.e.ʁjɛ̃\
The verdict
“pont aérien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Technique de ravitaillement continu, par avion, d'un lieu isolé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pont-aerien · pont aérien · French
pont aérien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pont aérien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ̃ a.e.ʁjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pont aérien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pont aérien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ̃ a.e.ʁjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pont aérien, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pont aérien, spelled P-O-N-T- -A-É-R-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Technique de ravitaillement continu, par avion, d'un lieu isolé.
- 2Pont situé au-dessus d’une voie pour permettre le passage sans danger de la faune sauvage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pont aérien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dès le 26 juin, les Américains mettent sur pied un gigantesque pont aérien afin de ravitailler Berlin-Ouest.
Demiansk marque une date dans l'histoire militaire : pour la première fois, un pont aérien ravitaille un corps d'armée d'environ 100 000 hommes.
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.