spaceship
"spaceship" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spaceship” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #18,191 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,191
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A manned vehicle that flies through space.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spaceship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #18,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spaceship” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for spaceship is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #18,191 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for spaceship, with forms such as "psaceship", "sapceship", and "spacceship". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: * space + ship * (programming operator): From its resemblance to the shape of a flying saucer. The correct English form is spaceship, spelled S-P-A-C-E-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1A manned vehicle that flies through space.
- 2A finite pattern that reappears after a certain number of generations in the same orientation but in a different position.
- 3The operator <=> in certain programming languages, which compares two values and indicates whether the first is lesser than, greater than, or equal to the second.
- 4A computer.
Etymology
* space + ship * (programming operator): From its resemblance to the shape of a flying saucer.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psaceship,sapceship,spacceship,spacehsip,spaceshhip,spaceshipp,spaceshpi,spacesihp,spacesship,spacsehip,spaecship,spcaeship,sppaceship,sspaceship
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spaceship - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “spaceship”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-P-A-C-E-S-H-I-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.