mentorship

noun

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

The verdict

“mentorship” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,407. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,407
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-mentorship · mentorship · English

mentorship · rank #35,407 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,407
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH menial

Nearest frequency peer: menial (-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 “mentorship”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “mentorship” 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 mentorship
PropertyValue
Headwordmentorship
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#35,407
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mentorship”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).mentorshiplands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “menial” (#35,406), “meatloaf” (#35,405), “merrily” (#35,409). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “mentorship” is #35,407. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around mentorship, anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,407 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The role or state of being a mentor.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for mentorship, with forms such as "emntorship", "menntorship", and "menotrship". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From mentor + -ship. The correct English form is mentorship, spelled M-E-N-T-O-R-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    The role or state of being a mentor.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The mentorships were plenty, starting with Brian Derdall, a sort of rain-man genius in Engineering, along with T-man the technology guru, new hire peers Alex and Joel, and my new senior co-workers Ivan, Robert, and a sort of management mentor John.
  2. In some mentorship programs, the mentees get a say in whom they will be paired with. A mentee may be drawn to make certain connections based on a sense of their professional influence.

Etymology

From mentor + -ship.

This word in other languages

mentoría(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emntorship
  • menntorship
  • menotrship
  • mentorhsip
  • mentorrship
  • mentorshhip
  • mentorshipp
  • mentorshpi
  • mentorsihp
  • mentorsship
  • mentosrhip
  • mentroship
  • menttorship
  • metnorship
  • mmentorship
  • mnetorship

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mentorship - 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.

emntorship2menntorship1menotrship2mentorhsip2mentorrship1mentorshhip1mentorshipp1mentorshpi2
Edit distance from "mentorship"

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 "mentorship"?
"mentorship" is spelled M-E-N-T-O-R-S-H-I-P.
What does "mentorship" mean?
As a noun, "mentorship" means: The role or state of being a mentor.
What are common misspellings of "mentorship"?
Common misspellings include "emntorship", "menntorship", "menotrship", "mentorhsip", "mentorrship". The correct spelling is "mentorship".
What is the origin of the word "mentorship"?
From mentor + -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 "mentorship", 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