captainship
noun
captainship is spelled C-A-P-T-A-I-N-S-H-I-P: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, captainship means “captaincy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of captainship is captainships.
How many letters and syllables are in captainship?
| Letters | 11: C-A-P-T-A-I-N-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 78 million words; the 279,513th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is captainship?
Captainship appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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).
Forms of captainship
- captainships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does captainship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
captaincy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does captainship come from?
From Middle English capitainship; equivalent to captain + -ship. Piecewise doublet of chieftainship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).