professorship
noun
professorship is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-O-R-S-H-I-P: 13 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, professorship means “The office of a professor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of professorship is professorships.
How many letters and syllables are in professorship?
| Letters | 13: P-R-O-F-E-S-S-O-R-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,703rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is professorship?
Professorship appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce professorship?
- US
Professorship has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-professorship.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of professorship
- professorships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does professorship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The office of a professor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Professorship in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the office of a professor:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Professur |
| Portuguese | professorado, magistério |
| Spanish | cátedra, profesorado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does professorship come from?
From professor + -ship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).