pirate ship
/ˈpaɪ.ɹət ˌʃɪp/
"pirate-ship" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pirate ship” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any ship manned by pirates, especially a large wooden sailing ship armed with cannons and flying a Jolly Roger, as stereotyped in literature and film.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pirate-ship · pirate ship · English
pirate ship · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pirate ship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpaɪ.ɹət ˌʃɪp/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pirate ship” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pirate ship is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpaɪ.ɹət ˌʃɪp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pirate ship in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is pirate ship, spelled P-I-R-A-T-E- -S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1Any ship manned by pirates, especially a large wooden sailing ship armed with cannons and flying a Jolly Roger, as stereotyped in literature and film.
- 2A theme park ride in the form of a pirate ship that swings back and forth with seated riders secured on the deck.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pirate ship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Sea Angel was a massive ship shaped like a pirate 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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.