ladyship
/ˈleɪ.di.ʃɪp/
"ladyship" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ladyship” is uncommon English (frequency #50,032 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,032
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Term of respect for a woman of the peerage without using her title.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ladyship · ladyship · English
ladyship · rank #50,032 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,032
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lagrangian
Nearest frequency peer: Lagrangian (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “ladyship”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kovacs
Kovacs
49,974 corpus weight
- krazy
krazy
49,973 corpus weight
- ladyship
ladyship
49,969 corpus weight
- Lagrangian
Lagrangian
49,968 corpus weight
- languish
languish
49,967 corpus weight
- larch
larch
49,966 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ladyship” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ladyship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈleɪ.di.ʃɪp/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,032 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ladyship” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ladyship is uncommon English at frequency #50,032 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈleɪ.di.ʃɪp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ladyship has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ladyship; equivalent to lady + -ship. The correct English form is ladyship, spelled L-A-D-Y-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1Term of respect for a woman of the peerage without using her title.
- 2Formal form of address for a lady judge (as opposed to the informal "judge").
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ladyship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Her ladyship will be unable to attend tonight," he said, with a wink because he hadn't said why.
York got down and said very respectfully, "I beg your pardon, my lady, but these horses have not been reined up for three years, and my lord said it would be safer to bring them to it by degrees; but if your ladyship pleases, I can take them up a little more."
Etymology
From Middle English ladyship; equivalent to lady + -ship.
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).