discipleship
"discipleship" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“discipleship” is uncommon English (frequency #52,896 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,896
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being a disciple.
Corpus desk
Index EN-discipleship · discipleship · English
discipleship · rank #52,896 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,896
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH discontinuity
Nearest frequency peer: discontinuity (+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 “discipleship”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dewan
dewan
47,110 corpus weight
- discipleship
discipleship
47,105 corpus weight
- discontinui…
discontinuity
47,104 corpus weight
- disquiet
disquiet
47,103 corpus weight
- doodling
doodling
47,100 corpus weight
- doofus
doofus
47,099 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “discipleship” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discipleship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #52,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “discipleship” in English
Rare enough to double-check
discipleship is uncommon English at frequency #52,896 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for discipleship, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From disciple + -ship. The correct English form is discipleship, spelled D-I-S-C-I-P-L-E-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1The condition of being a disciple.
- 2The period during which a person is a disciple.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how discipleship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: followership; apprenticeship, tutelage
The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible—and the man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also. Discipleship is a degenerating process to all parties concerned. People who are able to do their own thinking s…
Etymology
From disciple + -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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).