steamship
[ˈstiːmʃɪp]
The verdict
“steamship” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dampfschiff, Dampfer
Corpus desk
Index DE-steamship · steamship · German
steamship · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | steamship |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈstiːmʃɪp] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „steamship“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
steamship is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈstiːmʃɪp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dampfschiff, Dampfer".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for steamship, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is steamship, spelled S-T-E-A-M-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1Dampfschiff, Dampfer
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.