listenership
/ˈlɪsənəʃɪp/
"listenership" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“listenership” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The audience that listens to a certain form or genre of audio material (specifically (Internet, radio), an audio broadcast such as a radio program or a podcast).
Corpus desk
Index EN-listenership · listenership · English
listenership · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | listenership |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɪsənəʃɪp/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “listenership” in English
Rare enough to double-check
listenership is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlɪsənəʃɪp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for listenership, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From listener + -ship (suffix denoting a property or state of being). The correct English form is listenership, spelled L-I-S-T-E-N-E-R-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1The audience that listens to a certain form or genre of audio material (specifically (Internet, radio), an audio broadcast such as a radio program or a podcast).
- 2The act of paying attention to a conversation or speech; listening.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how listenership appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
While Soviet jamming is intense, particularly in the vicinity of Moscow, we have evidence that "Voice [of America]" programs can be heard in areas 25 miles from Moscow and that there are listeners in numerous cities throughout the Soviet Union. Listenership in the satellites, according to refugees, is widespread.
[A]n increase in VOA [Voice of America] audience size may well have been concealed by a change in recording listenership. In all, VOA tied for third in listenership among foreign stations.
Etymology
From listener + -ship (suffix denoting a property or state of being).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.