chumship
"chumship" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chumship” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being chums; friendship.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chumship · chumship · English
chumship · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chumship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chumship” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chumship is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for chumship in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chum + -ship. The correct English form is chumship, spelled C-H-U-M-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1The condition of being chums; friendship.
- 2preadolescent friendship between two people of the same sex
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chumship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[Bear to Albert:] You is a false-hearted chum. You are not fit to be a cheerful Charlie! You don't know nothin' about chumship.
Etymology
From chum + -ship.
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.