shipwright
/ˈʃɪpɹaɪt/
"shipwright" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shipwright” is uncommon English (frequency #98,712 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,712
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shipwright · shipwright · English
shipwright · rank #98,712 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,712
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH shooing
Nearest frequency peer: shooing (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “shipwright”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- separateness
separateness
1,300 corpus weight
- sexology
sexology
1,296 corpus weight
- shii
shii
1,291 corpus weight
- shipwright
shipwright
1,289 corpus weight
- shooing
shooing
1,288 corpus weight
- sideband
sideband
1,287 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “shipwright” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shipwright |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃɪpɹaɪt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #98,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shipwright” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
shipwright is uncommon English at frequency #98,712 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃɪpɹaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones.".
No misspelling variants are generated for shipwright in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English shipwright, shippwright, schipwricht, ship-wriȝth, from Old English sċipwyrhta, equivalent to ship + wright (“builder”). The correct English form is shipwright, spelled S-H-I-P-W-R-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shipwright appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A shipwright is one who builds or repairs ships using whatever materials are available including, but not limited to wood, metal, plastic, and concrete. / A master shipwright is one who has learned to use his skills with precision and is capable of teaching them to others. His knowledge includes mathematics, mechanics, and the use of tool; they also inclu…
Etymology
From Middle English shipwright, shippwright, schipwricht, ship-wriȝth, from Old English sċipwyrhta, equivalent to ship + wright (“builder”).
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.