bipartisanship
/ˈbaɪˌpɑː(ɹ)t.ɪ.zæn.ʃɪp/
"bipartisanship" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bipartisanship” is uncommon English (frequency #63,460 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,460
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In the context of a two-party system, especially in the United States, cooperation between the competing political parties; governing in a bipartisan manner.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bipartisanship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbaɪˌpɑː(ɹ)t.ɪ.zæn.ʃɪp/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #63,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bipartisanship” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bipartisanship is uncommon English at frequency #63,460 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbaɪˌpɑː(ɹ)t.ɪ.zæn.ʃɪp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In the context of a two-party system, especially in the United States, cooperation between the competing political parties; governing in a bipartisan manner.".
bipartisanship has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bipartisan + -ship. The correct English form is bipartisanship, spelled B-I-P-A-R-T-I-S-A-N-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1In the context of a two-party system, especially in the United States, cooperation between the competing political parties; governing in a bipartisan manner.
Etymology
From bipartisan + -ship.
Synonyms
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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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- The one correct English spelling is B-I-P-A-R-T-I-S-A-N-S-H-I-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.