friendship
/ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/noun
friendship is spelled F-R-I-E-N-D-S-H-I-P: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,683rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, friendship means “The condition of being friends” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of friendship is friendships.
How many letters and syllables are in friendship?
| Letters | 10: F-R-I-E-N-D-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 25 times per million words; the 3,683rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is friendship?
Friendship appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,683rd 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 friendship?
- /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/
Friendship has 2 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: En-us-friendship.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of friendship
- friendships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does friendship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being friends.
- 2
A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
- 3
Good will.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Friendship in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense (uncountable) condition of being friends:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | amitié |
| German | Freundschaft |
| Portuguese | amizade |
| Spanish | amistad, amistanza (disused), amiganza |
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 friendship come from?
From Middle English frendshipe, from Old English frēondsċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *friundskapi. Equivalent to friend + -ship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).