# knighthood

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,302

## Definitions
1. An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and whereafter one is entitled to be called Sir.
2. The quality of being a knight.
3. The knights collectively, the body of knights.

## Etymology
From Middle English knyghthode, knyȝthod, from Old English cnihthād, from Proto-West Germanic *knehtahaidu, equivalent to knight + -hood. Cognate with Dutch knechtheid, dialectal German Knechtheit.

## Common misspellings (16)
`kinghthood`, `kknighthood`, `kngihthood`, `knigghthood`, `knighhthood`, `knighhtood`, `knighthhood`, `knighthod`, `knighthodo`, `knighthoodd`, `knightohod`, `knightthood`, `knigthhood`, `knihgthood`, `knnighthood`, `nkighthood`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/knighthood