kingship
/ˈkɪŋʃɪp/
"kingship" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kingship” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,385
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kingship · kingship · English
kingship · rank #39,385 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #39,385
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Kinshasa
Nearest frequency peer: Kinshasa (+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 “kingship”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- junkyard
junkyard
60,622 corpus weight
- juxtaposed
juxtaposed
60,620 corpus weight
- kingship
kingship
60,616 corpus weight
- Kinshasa
Kinshasa
60,615 corpus weight
- Lando
Lando
60,611 corpus weight
- Larissa
Larissa
60,610 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “kingship” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kingship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɪŋʃɪp/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kingship” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around kingship (IPA /ˈkɪŋʃɪp/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,385 among 9,255 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for kingship, with forms such as "ikngship", "kignship", and "kinggship". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "kinship", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From king + -ship. The correct English form is kingship, spelled K-I-N-G-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.
- 2A monarchy.
- 3The territory or dominion of a king; a kingdom.
Etymology
From king + -ship.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ikngship
- kignship
- kinggship
- kinghsip
- kingshhip
- kingshipp
- kingshpi
- kingsihp
- kingsship
- kinngship
- kinsghip
- kkingship
- knigship
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kingship - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kingship", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
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.