scholarship

/ˈskɒləʃɪp/

//ˈskɒləʃɪp// noun

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"scholarship" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“scholarship” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,625. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,625
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A grant-in-aid to a student.

Corpus desk

Index EN-scholarship · scholarship · English

scholarship · rank #5,625 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,625
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH salad

Nearest frequency peer: salad (-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 “scholarship”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “scholarship” 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 scholarship
PropertyValue
Headwordscholarship
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈskɒləʃɪp/
Letters11
Frequency rank#5,625
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “scholarship”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).scholarshiplands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “salad” (#5,624), “screening” (#5,626), “responsibilities” (#5,623). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “scholarship” is #5,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around scholarship (IPA /ˈskɒləʃɪp/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,625 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for scholarship, with forms such as "csholarship", "sccholarship", and "schholarship". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From scholar + -ship. The correct English form is scholarship, spelled S-C-H-O-L-A-R-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    A grant-in-aid to a student.
  2. 2
    The character or qualities of a scholar.
  3. 3
    The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.
  4. 4
    The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning.
  5. 5
    The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. There were proposals to revive choir scholarships, because a shortage of regular choristers meant that weddings often went choirless.
  2. Since I was a teenager I have had to play different characters, negotiating the cultural expectations of a Pakistani family, Brit-Asian rudeboy culture, and a scholarship to private school.

Etymology

From scholar + -ship.

This word in other languages

beca(Español)bourse(Français)Stipendium(Deutsch)sabedoria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • csholarship
  • sccholarship
  • schholarship
  • schloarship
  • schoalrship
  • scholarhsip
  • scholarrship
  • scholarshhip
  • scholarshipp
  • scholarshpi
  • scholarsihp
  • scholarsship
  • scholasrhip
  • schollarship
  • scholraship
  • scohlarship
  • shcolarship
  • sscholarship

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

csholarship2sccholarship1schholarship1schloarship2schoalrship2scholarhsip2scholarrship1scholarshhip1
Edit distance from "scholarship"

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 "scholarship"?
"scholarship" is spelled S-C-H-O-L-A-R-S-H-I-P. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈskɒləʃɪp/.
What does "scholarship" mean?
As a noun, "scholarship" means: A grant-in-aid to a student.
What are common misspellings of "scholarship"?
Common misspellings include "csholarship", "sccholarship", "schholarship", "schloarship", "schoalrship". The correct spelling is "scholarship".
How do you pronounce "scholarship"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scholarship" is /ˈskɒləʃɪp/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "scholarship"?
From scholar + -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 "scholarship", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

consciousness18 variantsmanufactured18 variantscorporations18 variantsmetropolitan18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list