spaceship

Name: spaceship, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“spaceship” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,191. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,191
frequency rank, English: 6,566
“S” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A manned vehicle that flies through space.

Corpus desk

Index EN-spaceship · spaceship · English

spaceship · rank #18,191 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #18,191
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,566
PHOTO-FINISH souvenir

Nearest frequency peer: souvenir (-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.

soften

81,813
SOS

81,812
souvenir

81,811
spaceship

81,810
Spaniards

81,809
sparse

81,808

What this shows “spaceship” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for spaceship
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)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “spaceship”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).spaceshiplands here:

#18,191

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “souvenir” (#18,190), “Spaniards” (#18,192), “SOS” (#18,189). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “spaceship” is #18,191. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around spaceship, anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,191 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

1
A manned vehicle that flies through space.
2
A finite pattern that reappears after a certain number of generations in the same orientation but in a different position.
3
The operator <=> in certain programming languages, which compares two values and indicates whether the first is lesser than, greater than, or equal to the second.
4
A computer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how spaceship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

The spaceships look like a row of threshers harvesting a field of wheat; the thickness in the direction of motion is only about 10 cells.
We describe software that searches for spaceships in Conway's Game of Life and related two-dimensional cellular automata.

Etymology

* space + ship * (programming operator): From its resemblance to the shape of a flying saucer.

Synonyms

spacecraft

This word in other languages

astronave(Español)vaisseau spatial(Français)Raumschiff(Deutsch)

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.

Edit distance from "spaceship"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spaceship"?

"spaceship" is spelled S-P-A-C-E-S-H-I-P.

What does "spaceship" mean?

As a noun, "spaceship" means: A manned vehicle that flies through space.

What are common misspellings of "spaceship"?

Common misspellings include "psaceship", "sapceship", "spacceship", "spacehsip", "spaceshhip". The correct spelling is "spaceship".

What is the origin of the word "spaceship"?

* space + ship * (programming operator): From its resemblance to the shape of a flying saucer. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "spaceship", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Spaniards#18,192 sunflower#18,198 satirical#18,181 purchaser#18,167

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

swallowing14 variants preserves14 variants plentiful14 variants pertinent14 variants