brothership
"brothership" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“brothership” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being brothers; brotherhood.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | brothership |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “brothership” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
brothership is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being brothers; brotherhood.".
brothership has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From brother + -ship. Piecewise doublet of friarship and palship. The correct English form is brothership, spelled B-R-O-T-H-E-R-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1The state of being brothers; brotherhood.
Etymology
From brother + -ship. Piecewise doublet of friarship and palship.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “brothership”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-R-O-T-H-E-R-S-H-I-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.