steamship
/ˈstimˌʃɪp/
"steamship" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“steamship” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,616. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,616
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.
Corpus desk
Index EN-steamship · steamship · English
steamship · rank #26,616 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,616
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stargate
Nearest frequency peer: stargate (-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 “steamship”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Spock
Spock
73,389 corpus weight
- squeaky
squeaky
73,387 corpus weight
- stargate
stargate
73,386 corpus weight
- steamship
steamship
73,385 corpus weight
- stinging
stinging
73,384 corpus weight
- summoning
summoning
73,382 corpus weight
What this shows “steamship” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | steamship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstimˌʃɪp/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “steamship”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around steamship (IPA /ˈstimˌʃɪp/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,616 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for steamship, with forms such as "setamship", "ssteamship", and "staemship". 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 also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "starship", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From steam + ship. The correct English form is steamship, spelled S-T-E-A-M-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how steamship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Steamship arrivals, however, are less predictable and the best arrangements of shipping companies and the railway operating department may be upset by weather and tide.
The shipwreck is the earliest examples yet found of a propeller-driven steamship on the Great Lakes.
Etymology
From steam + ship.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setamship
- ssteamship
- staemship
- steamhsip
- steammship
- steamshhip
- steamshipp
- steamshpi
- steamsihp
- steamsship
- steasmhip
- stemaship
- stteamship
- tseamship
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of steamship - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "steamship", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).