worship

[ˈwɜːʃɪp]

/[ˈwɜːʃɪp]/ noun

The verdict

“worship” is uncommon German (frequency #68,902 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,902
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verehrung von Gott, einer heiligen Person oder überirdischen Kräften

Corpus desk

Index DE-worship · worship · German

worship · rank #68,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,902
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wolfach

Nearest frequency peer: Wolfach (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „worship“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „worship“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for worship
PropertyValue
Headwordworship
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈwɜːʃɪp]
Letters7
Frequency rank#68,902
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „worship“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.worshipfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wolfach“ (#68,901), „Worthülsen“ (#68,903), „woke“ (#68,900). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „worship“ bei #68,902. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

worship is uncommon German at frequency #68,902 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈwɜːʃɪp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for worship in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is worship, spelled W-O-R-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verehrung von Gott, einer heiligen Person oder überirdischen Kräften
  2. 2
    Gottesdienst

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 "worship"?
"worship" is spelled W-O-R-S-H-I-P. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈwɜːʃɪp].
What does "worship" mean?
As a noun, "worship" means: Verehrung von Gott, einer heiligen Person oder überirdischen Kräften
How do you pronounce "worship"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "worship" is [ˈwɜːʃɪp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "worship" come from?
"worship" 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 "worship", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list