dealership
/ˈdiːləʃɪp/noun
dealership is spelled D-E-A-L-E-R-S-H-I-P: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dealership means “A place that sells items, especially cars” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dealership is dealerships.
How many letters and syllables are in dealership?
| Letters | 10: D-E-A-L-E-R-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dealership?
Dealership appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th 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).
How do you pronounce dealership?
- UK /ˈdiːləʃɪp/
Dealership has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dealership.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dealership?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dealership (/iləʃɪp/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: leadership.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dealership
- dealerships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dealership mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A place that sells items, especially cars.
I visited the car dealership today.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dealership in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a place that sells items, especially cars:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | concessionnaire |
| German | Verkaufsvertretung |
| Portuguese | concessionária |
| Spanish | concesionario, concesionaria, automotora |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dealership come from?
From dealer + -ship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).