# shipwreck

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʃɪpɹɛk/ · frequency rank #25,202

## Definitions
1. A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.
2. An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
3. Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss.

## Etymology
From Middle English shipwrak, from Old English sċipwræc (“jetsam”), equivalent to ship + wrack. Cognate with Scots schip-wrak (“to shipwreck”, verb), Swedish skeppsvrak (“shipwreck”), Danish skibsvrag (“shipwreck”). Modern form is due to influence from wreck.

## Easily confused with
- **shipwrecked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipwreck-vs-shipwrecked)

## Common misspellings (15)
`hsipwreck`, `shhipwreck`, `shippwreck`, `shiprweck`, `shipwerck`, `shipwrcek`, `shipwrecck`, `shipwreckk`, `shipwrekc`, `shipwrreck`, `shipwwreck`, `shiwpreck`, `shpiwreck`, `sihpwreck`, `sshipwreck`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shipwreck