# fellowship

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɛləʃɪp/ · frequency rank #8,790

## Definitions
1. A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
2. Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
3. A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
4. A merit-based scholarship.
5. A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
6. A 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.
7. The 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”)

## Common misspellings (14)
`efllowship`, `felloswhip`, `fellowhsip`, `fellowshhip`, `fellowshipp`, `fellowshpi`, `fellowsihp`, `fellowsship`, `fellowwship`, `fellwoship`, `felolwship`, `felowship`, `ffellowship`, `flelowship`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fellowship