consulship

noun

"consulship" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“consulship” is uncommon English (frequency #81,234 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,234
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The office of a consul, in its various senses.

Corpus desk

Index EN-consulship · consulship · English

consulship · rank #81,234 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,234
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH Constantia

Nearest frequency peer: Constantia (-1 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “consulship”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “consulship” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for consulship
PropertyValue
Headwordconsulship
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#81,234
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “consulship” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).consulshipfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Constantia” (#81,233), “contemptuously” (#81,235), “contrapuntal” (#81,236). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “consulship” is #81,234. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

consulship is uncommon English at frequency #81,234 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for consulship in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From consul + -ship. The correct English form is consulship, spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    The office of a consul, in its various senses.
  2. 2
    The term of office of a consul.

Etymology

From consul + -ship.

Synonyms

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 "consulship"?
"consulship" is spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-S-H-I-P.
What does "consulship" mean?
As a noun, "consulship" means: The office of a consul, in its various senses.
What is the origin of the word "consulship"?
From consul + -ship. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "consulship", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list