ambassadorship

noun

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"ambassadorship" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“ambassadorship” is uncommon English (frequency #92,331 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,331
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The post or office of ambassador.

Corpus desk

Index EN-ambassadorship · ambassadorship · English

ambassadorship · rank #92,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,331
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH amiably

Nearest frequency peer: amiably (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “ambassadorship”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “ambassadorship” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ambassadorship
PropertyValue
Headwordambassadorship
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Frequency rank#92,331
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “ambassadorship” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).ambassadorshipfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “amiably” (#92,332), “allusive” (#92,328), “amiodarone” (#92,334). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “ambassadorship” is #92,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ambassadorship is uncommon English at frequency #92,331 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The post or office of ambassador.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for ambassadorship in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From ambassador + -ship. The correct English form is ambassadorship, spelled A-M-B-A-S-S-A-D-O-R-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    The post or office of ambassador.

Etymology

From ambassador + -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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ambassadorship"?
"ambassadorship" is spelled A-M-B-A-S-S-A-D-O-R-S-H-I-P.
What does "ambassadorship" mean?
As a noun, "ambassadorship" means: The post or office of ambassador.
What is the origin of the word "ambassadorship"?
From ambassador + -ship. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

radiotelephone#91,966multithreading#91,832meaningfulness#92,858metaphysically#91,798

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list