speakership
"speakership" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“speakership” is uncommon English (frequency #93,174 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,174
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The position or tenure of the speaker of a legislative body.
Corpus desk
Index EN-speakership · speakership · English
speakership · rank #93,174 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,174
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH southbridge
Nearest frequency peer: southbridge (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “speakership”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sonography
sonography
6,831 corpus weight
- sophist
sophist
6,830 corpus weight
- southbridge
southbridge
6,828 corpus weight
- speakership
speakership
6,827 corpus weight
- speaketh
speaketh
6,826 corpus weight
- Spillane
Spillane
6,825 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “speakership” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | speakership |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #93,174 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “speakership” in English
Rare enough to double-check
speakership is uncommon English at frequency #93,174 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The position or tenure of the speaker of a legislative body.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for speakership in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From speaker + -ship. The correct English form is speakership, spelled S-P-E-A-K-E-R-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1The position or tenure of the speaker of a legislative body.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how speakership appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Under the political bargain struck among Iraq’s religious and ethnic groups, the Sunni Arabs hold three leadership positions: one vice presidential slot, one deputy prime minister slot and the speakership.
Washington loves a death watch, which is what McCarthy’s speakership provided from its first wee hours.
Etymology
From speaker + -ship.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).