fellowship
/ˈfɛləʃɪp/
"fellowship" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fellowship” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,790 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,790
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fellowship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɛləʃɪp/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fellowship” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for fellowship is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɛləʃɪp/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,790 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for fellowship, with forms such as "efllowship", "felloswhip", and "fellowhsip". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. 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 Middle English felowschipe, felawshipe, felaȝschyp, equivalent to fellow + -ship; or perhaps adapted from Old Norse félagskapr, félagsskapr (“fellowship”). Compare Icelandic félagsskapur (“companionship, company, community”), Danish fællesskab (“fellow… The correct English form is fellowship, spelled F-E-L-L-O-W-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
- 2Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
- 3A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
- 4A merit-based scholarship.
- 5A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
- 6A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
- 7The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
Etymology
From Middle English felowschipe, felawshipe, felaȝschyp, equivalent to fellow + -ship; or perhaps adapted from Old Norse félagskapr, félagsskapr (“fellowship”). Compare Icelandic félagsskapur (“companionship, company, community”), Danish fællesskab (“fellowship”), Norwegian fellesskap (“fellowship”), and Old Swedish fælaghskap (“fellowship”)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efllowship,felloswhip,fellowhsip,fellowshhip,fellowshipp,fellowshpi,fellowsihp,fellowsship,fellowwship,fellwoship,felolwship,felowship,ffellowship,flelowship
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fellowship - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “fellowship”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-E-L-L-O-W-S-H-I-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfɛləʃɪp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.