acquaintanceship
noun
acquaintanceship is spelled A-C-Q-U-A-I-N-T-A-N-C-E-S-H-I-P: 16 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acquaintanceship means “The state of being acquainted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acquaintanceship is acquaintanceships.
How many letters and syllables are in acquaintanceship?
| Letters | 16: A-C-Q-U-A-I-N-T-A-N-C-E-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is acquaintanceship?
Acquaintanceship appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce acquaintanceship?
Acquaintanceship has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-acquaintanceship.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of acquaintanceship
- acquaintanceships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acquaintanceship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being acquainted.
- 2
A relationship as acquaintances.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does acquaintanceship come from?
From acquaintance + -ship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).