foeship
"foeship" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foeship” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of possessing any enemies.
Corpus desk
Index EN-foeship · foeship · English
foeship · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foeship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “foeship” in English
Rare enough to double-check
foeship is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for foeship, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English foschip, equivalent to foe + -ship. The correct English form is foeship, spelled F-O-E-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1The condition of possessing any enemies.
- 2Enmity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how foeship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Foeship was still the note, not friendship, and in order to gain the key not only to the origin of gilds, but to their operations and their development, this must be kept in mind.
Etymology
From Middle English foschip, equivalent to foe + -ship.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.