relationship
re·lat·ion·ship/ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/noun
relationship is spelled R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N-S-H-I-P, 4 syllables: re·lat·ion·ship. The wrong spelling people search most is realationship: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 128 of all searches for the word. Relationship is a noun meaning “A connection or association; the condition of being related”. The plural of relationship is relationships.
How many letters and syllables are in relationship?
| Letters | 12: R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: re·lat·ion·ship |
| In writing | 141 times per million words; the 737th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, realationship, about 40 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell relationship?
Relationship is spelled R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N-S-H-I-P. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 65 of the searches for relationship in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is relationship?
Relationship appears 141 times per million words in written English, the 737th 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 relationship?
- US /ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/
- /ɹəˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/
- Australia /ɹəˈlæ̝ɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/
Relationship has 4 syllables, split re·lat·ion·ship in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-relationship.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of relationship
- relationships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does relationship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A connection or association; the condition of being related.
Near-synonym: alliance
- 2
The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.
- 3
Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
- 4
A romantic or sexual involvement.
They have been in a relationship for ten years, but have never married.
- 5
A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other.
Near-synonym: footing
- 6
The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate relationship?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of relationship: RS, r'ship, ship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Relationship in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rapport , relation |
| German | Beziehung, Verwandtschaft , Verhältnis |
| Portuguese | relacionamento, relação , parentesco |
| Spanish | relación , noviazgo |
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 relationship come from?
From relation + -ship. Displaced native Old English sibb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).