mediumship
"mediumship" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mediumship” is uncommon English (frequency #92,859 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,859
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being a medium (psychic conduit); purported ability to mediate communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mediumship · mediumship · English
mediumship · rank #92,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,859
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH meaningfulness
Nearest frequency peer: meaningfulness (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mediumship”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- maundy
maundy
7,149 corpus weight
- McClanahan
McClanahan
7,146 corpus weight
- McKinlay
McKinlay
7,145 corpus weight
- meaningfuln…
meaningfulness
7,143 corpus weight
- mediumship
mediumship
7,142 corpus weight
- Meka
Meka
7,139 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mediumship” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mediumship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mediumship” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mediumship is uncommon English at frequency #92,859 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being a medium (psychic conduit); purported ability to mediate communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings.".
mediumship has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From medium + -ship. The correct English form is mediumship, spelled M-E-D-I-U-M-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1The state of being a medium (psychic conduit); purported ability to mediate communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mediumship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The mother is a spiritualist—has been for years—and, being on the lookout for it, naturally discovered what she calls 'mediumship' in Viola when a child.
"I may add that in my own domestic circle, under my wife's mediumship, we have been privileged to bring hope and knowledge to some of these unhappy beings."
Etymology
From medium + -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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