receivership

noun

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"receivership" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“receivership” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,989. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,989
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The office and duties of a receiver.

Corpus desk

Index EN-receivership · receivership · English

receivership · rank #39,989 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,989
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH redd

Nearest frequency peer: redd (+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 “receivership”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “receivership” 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 receivership
PropertyValue
Headwordreceivership
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#39,989
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “receivership”

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).receivershiplands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “redd” (#39,990), “Redstone” (#39,991), “rasa” (#39,986). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “receivership” is #39,989. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around receivership, anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,989 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for receivership, with forms such as "erceivership", "rceeivership", and "recceivership". 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From receiver + -ship. The correct English form is receivership, spelled R-E-C-E-I-V-E-R-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    The office and duties of a receiver.
  2. 2
    The state of being under the control of a receiver.
  3. 3
    A form trusteeship of bankruptcy administration in which a receiver is appointed to run the company for the benefit of the creditors.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The capital cost in 1915-1927 of equipping 924 miles of track put the Milwaukee into a receivership from which it took a long time to recover; and in view of the length of line electrified it is surprising that a current of 1,500V d.c. was chosen rather than the Pennsylvania 11,000V a.c.

Etymology

From receiver + -ship.

This word in other languages

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erceivership
  • rceeivership
  • recceivership
  • receievrship
  • receiverhsip
  • receiverrship
  • receivershhip
  • receivershipp
  • receivershpi
  • receiversihp
  • receiversship
  • receivesrhip
  • receivreship
  • receivvership
  • receviership
  • recievership
  • reecivership
  • rreceivership

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of receivership - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erceivership2rceeivership2recceivership1receievrship2receiverhsip2receiverrship1receivershhip1receivershipp1
Edit distance from "receivership"

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 "receivership"?
"receivership" is spelled R-E-C-E-I-V-E-R-S-H-I-P.
What does "receivership" mean?
As a noun, "receivership" means: The office and duties of a receiver.
What are common misspellings of "receivership"?
Common misspellings include "erceivership", "rceeivership", "recceivership", "receievrship", "receiverhsip". The correct spelling is "receivership".
What is the origin of the word "receivership"?
From receiver + -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 "receivership", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list