kinship
/ˈkɪnʃɪp/noun
kinship is spelled K-I-N-S-H-I-P: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kinship means “Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kinship is kinships.
How many letters and syllables are in kinship?
| Letters | 7: K-I-N-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is kinship?
Kinship appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd 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 kinship?
- US /ˈkɪnʃɪp/
Kinship has 2 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-kinship.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with kinship?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as kinship (/ɪnʃɪp/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pinkish.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of kinship
- kinships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kinship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.
- 2
Relation or connection by nature or character.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kinship in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | parenté |
| German | Verwandtschaft , Verwandtschaftsbeziehung |
| Portuguese | parentesco |
| Spanish | parentesco |
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 kinship come from?
From kin + -ship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).