membership

noun

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"membership" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“membership” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,182. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,182
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being a member of a group or organization.

Corpus desk

Index EN-membership · membership · English

membership · rank #3,182 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,182
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Miami

Nearest frequency peer: Miami (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “membership”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “membership” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for membership
PropertyValue
Headwordmembership
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,182
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “membership”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).membershiplands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Miami” (#3,183), “mirror” (#3,184), “loving” (#3,179). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “membership” is #3,182. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around membership, anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,182 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for membership, with forms such as "emmbership", "mebmership", and "membbership". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. 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 member + -ship. The correct English form is membership, spelled M-E-M-B-E-R-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being a member of a group or organization.
  2. 2
    The body of members of an organization.
  3. 3
    The fact of being a member of a set.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how membership appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The terms of membership agreement were vague.
  2. He has memberships in clubs in three cities.

Etymology

From member + -ship.

This word in other languages

membresía(Español)adhésion(Français)Mitgliedschaft(Deutsch)adesão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmbership
  • mebmership
  • membbership
  • memberhsip
  • memberrship
  • membershhip
  • membershipp
  • membershpi
  • membersihp
  • membersship
  • membesrhip
  • membreship
  • memebrship
  • memmbership
  • mmebership
  • mmembership

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of membership - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emmbership2mebmership2membbership1memberhsip2memberrship1membershhip1membershipp1membershpi2
Edit distance from "membership"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "membership"?
"membership" is spelled M-E-M-B-E-R-S-H-I-P.
What does "membership" mean?
As a noun, "membership" means: The state of being a member of a group or organization.
What are common misspellings of "membership"?
Common misspellings include "emmbership", "mebmership", "membbership", "memberhsip", "memberrship". The correct spelling is "membership".
What is the origin of the word "membership"?
From member + -ship. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "membership", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list