internship
/ˈɪntɝnʃɪp/noun
internship is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-S-H-I-P: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, internship means “A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of internship is internships.
How many letters and syllables are in internship?
| Letters | 10: I-N-T-E-R-N-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.1 times per million words; the 12,764th 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 internship?
Internship appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th 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 internship?
- UK /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/
- US /ˈɪntɝnʃɪp/
Internship has 3 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-internship.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of internship
- internships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does internship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.
- 2
USThe first year of a medical residency.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Internship in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense job taken by a student:
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 internship come from?
From intern + -ship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).