gamesmanship
"gamesmanship" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gamesmanship” is uncommon English (frequency #85,277 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,277
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The use of legal but unsporting tactics to gain an advantage over one’s opponent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gamesmanship · gamesmanship · English
gamesmanship · rank #85,277 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,277
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,276
- PHOTO-FINISH gamey
Nearest frequency peer: gamey (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gamesmanship”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Furby
Furby
14,730 corpus weight
- gabel
gabel
14,726 corpus weight
- gamesmanship
gamesmanship
14,724 corpus weight
- gamey
gamey
14,723 corpus weight
- garnets
garnets
14,719 corpus weight
- gatefold
gatefold
14,718 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gamesmanship” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gamesmanship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #85,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gamesmanship” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gamesmanship is uncommon English at frequency #85,277 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The use of legal but unsporting tactics to gain an advantage over one’s opponent.".
No misspelling variants are generated for gamesmanship in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From game + -s- + -manship or gamesman + -ship. The correct English form is gamesmanship, spelled G-A-M-E-S-M-A-N-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1The use of legal but unsporting tactics to gain an advantage over one’s opponent.
Etymology
From game + -s- + -manship or gamesman + -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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.