sponsorship

noun

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"sponsorship" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sponsorship” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,936. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,936
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or practice of being a sponsor.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sponsorship · sponsorship · English

sponsorship · rank #10,936 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,936
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH specimen

Nearest frequency peer: specimen (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sponsorship”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sponsorship
PropertyValue
Headwordsponsorship
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#10,936
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sponsorship”

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “specimen” (#10,935), “steals” (#10,937), “slogan” (#10,934). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sponsorship” is #10,936. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around sponsorship, anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,936 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for sponsorship, with forms such as "psonsorship", "sopnsorship", and "spnosorship". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sponsor + -ship. The correct English form is sponsorship, spelled S-P-O-N-S-O-R-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or practice of being a sponsor.
  2. 2
    The aid or support provided by a sponsor; backing or patronage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. I find that for me, my sponsorship of a child via a charitable NGO provides a sense of great satisfaction.
  2. The company provided sponsorship to the research team.

Etymology

From sponsor + -ship.

Synonyms

gossipred

This word in other languages

parrainage(Français)Sponsoring(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psonsorship
  • sopnsorship
  • spnosorship
  • sponnsorship
  • sponosrship
  • sponsorhsip
  • sponsorrship
  • sponsorshhip
  • sponsorshipp
  • sponsorshpi
  • sponsorsihp
  • sponsorsship
  • sponsosrhip
  • sponsroship
  • sponssorship
  • sposnorship
  • spponsorship
  • ssponsorship

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sponsorship - 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.

psonsorship2sopnsorship2spnosorship2sponnsorship1sponosrship2sponsorhsip2sponsorrship1sponsorshhip1
Edit distance from "sponsorship"

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 "sponsorship"?
"sponsorship" is spelled S-P-O-N-S-O-R-S-H-I-P.
What does "sponsorship" mean?
As a noun, "sponsorship" means: The state or practice of being a sponsor.
What are common misspellings of "sponsorship"?
Common misspellings include "psonsorship", "sopnsorship", "spnosorship", "sponnsorship", "sponosrship". The correct spelling is "sponsorship".
What is the origin of the word "sponsorship"?
From sponsor + -ship. 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 "sponsorship", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

continuation18 variantsdescendants18 variantsdisadvantage18 variantsmunicipality18 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list