amidships
/əˈmɪd.ʃɪps/
"amidships" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amidships” is uncommon English (frequency #74,719 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,719
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the middle of a ship, either longitudinally or laterally.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amidships · amidships · English
amidships · rank #74,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,719
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Amery
Nearest frequency peer: Amery (-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 “amidships”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Alcibiades
Alcibiades
25,287 corpus weight
- Alitalia
Alitalia
25,285 corpus weight
- Amery
Amery
25,283 corpus weight
- amidships
amidships
25,282 corpus weight
- Anat
Anat
25,281 corpus weight
- antipodes
antipodes
25,277 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “amidships” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amidships |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /əˈmɪd.ʃɪps/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amidships” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amidships is uncommon English at frequency #74,719 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /əˈmɪd.ʃɪps/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
amidships doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From amid + ships. The correct English form is amidships, spelled A-M-I-D-S-H-I-P-S.
Definition
- 1In the middle of a ship, either longitudinally or laterally.
- 2Usually in the line of the keel, but sometimes halfway between bow and stern; often contracted to “midships.” (FM 55-501).
- 3On the flank, at a vulnerable place.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amidships appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[The U-boat captain] waited until the crosshairs lay directly amidships.
Two more torpedoes were fired; one ran erratic; the second hit amidships.
Etymology
From amid + ships.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).