chumship

noun

"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

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Key facts for chumship
PropertyValue
Headwordchumship
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “chumship” in English

chumshipsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    The condition of being chums; friendship.
  2. 2
    preadolescent friendship between two people of the same sex

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how chumship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. [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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chumship"?
"chumship" is spelled C-H-U-M-S-H-I-P.
What does "chumship" mean?
As a noun, "chumship" means: The condition of being chums; friendship.
What is the origin of the word "chumship"?
From chum + -ship. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list