shipyard
ship·yard/ˈʃɪpˌjɑɹd/noun
shipyard is spelled S-H-I-P-Y-A-R-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables (ship·yard). It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shipyard means “A place where ships are built and repaired” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shipyard is shipyards.
How many letters and syllables are in shipyard?
| Letters | 8: S-H-I-P-Y-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ship·yard |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is shipyard?
Shipyard appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th 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 shipyard?
- US /ˈʃɪpˌjɑɹd/
Shipyard has 2 syllables, split ship·yard in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-shipyard.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shipyard
- shipyards plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shipyard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A place where ships are built and repaired.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shipyard in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense place to build and repair ships:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chantier naval |
| German | Werft |
| Portuguese | estaleiro |
| Spanish | astillero, atarazana |
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 shipyard come from?
From ship + yard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).