lectureship
"lectureship" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lectureship” is uncommon English (frequency #78,776 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,776
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A position as a lecturer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lectureship · lectureship · English
lectureship · rank #78,776 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,776
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lemaire
Nearest frequency peer: Lemaire (+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 “lectureship”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lastest
lastest
21,229 corpus weight
- lavage
lavage
21,228 corpus weight
- laze
laze
21,227 corpus weight
- lectureship
lectureship
21,225 corpus weight
- Lemaire
Lemaire
21,224 corpus weight
- Levert
Levert
21,221 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lectureship” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lectureship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #78,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lectureship” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lectureship is uncommon English at frequency #78,776 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for lectureship in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lecture + -ship. The correct English form is lectureship, spelled L-E-C-T-U-R-E-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1A position as a lecturer.
- 2A series of lectures, possibly by different lecturers, on a common theme.
- 3Something that provides for lectures to be presented.
Etymology
From lecture + -ship.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).