mateship
noun
mateship is spelled M-A-T-E-S-H-I-P: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mateship means “The post of mate on a ship; a posting as mate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mateship is mateships.
How many letters and syllables are in mateship?
| Letters | 8: M-A-T-E-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th 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; 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 mateship?
Mateship appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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 mateship?
- General-American
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-mateship.wav, En-au-mateship.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mateship?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mateship.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shipmate.
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 mateship
- mateships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mateship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The post of mate on a ship; a posting as mate.
- 2
obsoleteA type of contract between ships to cooperate and share the proceeds of an expedition.
- 3
Fellowship; companionship.
- 4
AustraliaFriendship, particularly between men, such as develops in shared adversity; solidarity.
- 5
A relationship based on mating.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mateship come from?
From mate + -ship. Cognate with Dutch maatschap (“partnership”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).