aircraft

/ɛəkɹɑː̩ft/

//ɛəkɹɑː̩ft// noun

The verdict

“aircraft” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,126 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,126
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aeronave, avião

Corpus desk

Index PT-aircraft · aircraft · Portuguese

aircraft · rank #86,126 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,126
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aglutinar

Nearest frequency peer: aglutinar (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “aircraft”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “aircraft” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aircraft
PropertyValue
Headwordaircraft
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɛəkɹɑː̩ft/
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,126
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “aircraft” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).aircraftcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “aglutinar” (#86,125), “Alandroal” (#86,127), “almargem” (#86,131). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “aircraft” fica em #86,126. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aircraft is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,126 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɛəkɹɑː̩ft/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for aircraft in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is aircraft, spelled A-I-R-C-R-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    aeronave, avião
  2. 2
    nave

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aircraft"?
"aircraft" is spelled A-I-R-C-R-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ɛəkɹɑː̩ft/.
What does "aircraft" mean?
As a noun, "aircraft" means: aeronave, avião
How do you pronounce "aircraft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aircraft" is /ɛəkɹɑː̩ft/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aircraft" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list