ship

[ʃɪp]

/[ʃɪp]/ noun

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The verdict

“ship” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,908. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,908
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schiff, Wasserfahrzeug

Corpus desk

Index DE-ship · ship · German

ship · rank #34,908 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,908
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH seriöser

Nearest frequency peer: seriöser (-2 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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „ship“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „ship“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

ship vs SP
0% similar
ship vs sie
50% similar
ship vs Sir
25% similar

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

Key facts for ship
PropertyValue
Headwordship
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃɪp]
Letters4
Frequency rank#34,908
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ship“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.shipliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „seriöser“ (#34,906), „Sicherheitslage“ (#34,910), „sensibilisieren“ (#34,905). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „ship“ bei #34,908. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ship (IPA [ʃɪp]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,908 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Schiff, Wasserfahrzeug".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ship, with forms such as "hsip", "shhip", and "shipp". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SP", "sie", "Sir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 German form is ship, spelled S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schiff, Wasserfahrzeug

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. We went to England by ship.

Synonyms

boat

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsip
  • shhip
  • shipp
  • shpi
  • sihp
  • sship

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ship - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hsip2shhip1shipp1shpi2sihp2sship1
Edit distance from "ship"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ship"?
"ship" is spelled S-H-I-P. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃɪp].
What does "ship" mean?
As a noun, "ship" means: Schiff, Wasserfahrzeug
What words are commonly confused with "ship"?
"ship" is commonly confused with "SP", "sie", "Sir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ship"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ship" is [ʃɪp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ship" come from?
"ship" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Strg#34,924RFID#34,886Rank#34,874tres#34,943

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

ovale6 variantsOrks6 variantslind6 variantsabove6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list