mateship
"mateship" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mateship” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The post of mate on a ship; a posting as mate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mateship · mateship · English
mateship · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mateship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mateship” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mateship is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mateship, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mate + -ship. Cognate with Dutch maatschap (“partnership”). The correct English form is mateship, spelled M-A-T-E-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1The post of mate on a ship; a posting as mate.
- 2A type of contract between ships to cooperate and share the proceeds of an expedition.
- 3Fellowship; companionship.
- 4Friendship, particularly between men, such as develops in shared adversity; solidarity.
- 5A relationship based on mating.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mateship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Paul Jones profited by his brother′s position and counsel to improve himself in navigation and other professional studies, and was so successful in the endeavour, that he was deemed worthy of being appointed, on his return to Whitehaven, to a third mateship in a vessel in the slave-trade.
[…]as, for instance, the contract termed mateship, by which one whaling-ship meeting another forms a partnership in the proceeds of the expedition.
Etymology
From mate + -ship. Cognate with Dutch maatschap (“partnership”).
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.