generalship
/ˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹəlʃɪp/
"generalship" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“generalship” is uncommon English (frequency #98,155 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,155
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The position or office of a general.
Corpus desk
Index EN-generalship · generalship · English
generalship · rank #98,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,155
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gibe
Nearest frequency peer: gibe (+2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “generalship”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- GABAergic
GABAergic
1,855 corpus weight
- Galla
Galla
1,854 corpus weight
- Garr
Garr
1,851 corpus weight
- generalship
generalship
1,846 corpus weight
- gibe
gibe
1,844 corpus weight
- gip
gip
1,840 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “generalship” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | generalship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹəlʃɪp/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #98,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “generalship” in English
Rare enough to double-check
generalship is uncommon English at frequency #98,155 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹəlʃɪp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for generalship, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From general + -ship. The correct English form is generalship, spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1The position or office of a general.
- 2The term of office of a military general.
- 3The skills or performance of a good general; military leadership, strategy.
- 4By extension, leadership, good management.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how generalship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
George Washington's generalship was marked by both amazing victories and stunning blunders, neither of which would have happened to someone with more formal officer training.
General Polk stated, with all respect to General Bragg’s great abilities in the direction of organization and discipline, that he had been wanting in the higher elements of generalship in the conduct of the campaign; […]
Etymology
From general + -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.
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