guardianship
noun
guardianship is spelled G-U-A-R-D-I-A-N-S-H-I-P: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, guardianship means “The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of guardianship is guardianships.
How many letters and syllables are in guardianship?
| Letters | 12: G-U-A-R-D-I-A-N-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,549th 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 guardianship?
Guardianship appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th 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 guardianship?
Guardianship has 4 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-guardianship.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of guardianship
- guardianships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does guardianship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.
Forbidden to you are your mothers and your daughters and your sisters and your paternal aunts and your maternal aunts and brothers' daughters and sisters' daughters and your mothers that have suckled you and your foster-sisters and mothers
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Guardianship in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense position:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tutelle |
| German | Vormundschaft, Schutz |
| Portuguese | tutela |
| Spanish | tutela |
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 guardianship come from?
From guardian + -ship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).