shipmate
/ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt/noun
shipmate is spelled S-H-I-P-M-A-T-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shipmate means “A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shipmate is shipmates.
How many letters and syllables are in shipmate?
| Letters | 8: S-H-I-P-M-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 88,353rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is shipmate?
Shipmate appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd 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 shipmate?
- /ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt/
- /ˈʃɪpmɪt/
Shipmate has 2 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shipmate.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-TranqyPoo-shipmate.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-TranqyPoo-shipmate_(derogatory).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shipmate?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as shipmate.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mateship.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of shipmate
- shipmates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shipmate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another.
- 2
informalAny sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shipmate come from?
From ship + -mate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).