clerkship

noun

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"clerkship" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“clerkship” is uncommon English (frequency #65,783 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,783
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state or business of a clerk.

Key facts for clerkship
PropertyValue
Headwordclerkship
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,783
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “clerkship” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). clerkship lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

clerkship is uncommon English at frequency #65,783 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for clerkship, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From clerk + -ship. The correct English form is clerkship, spelled C-L-E-R-K-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or business of a clerk.
  2. 2
    A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
  3. 3
    Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.

Etymology

From clerk + -ship.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clerkship"?
"clerkship" is spelled C-L-E-R-K-S-H-I-P.
What does "clerkship" mean?
As a noun, "clerkship" means: The state or business of a clerk.
What is the origin of the word "clerkship"?
From clerk + -ship. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “clerkship”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-L-E-R-K-S-H-I-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list