stewardship

noun

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

The verdict

“stewardship” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,946
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The rank or office of a steward.

Corpus desk

Index EN-stewardship · stewardship · English

stewardship · rank #21,946 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,946
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH squirt

Nearest frequency peer: squirt (-2 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 “stewardship”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “stewardship” 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 stewardship
PropertyValue
Headwordstewardship
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#21,946
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stewardship”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).stewardshiplands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “squirt” (#21,944), “stoppage” (#21,948), “specificity” (#21,943). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “stewardship” is #21,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around stewardship, anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,946 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 stewardship, with forms such as "setwardship", "sstewardship", and "steawrdship". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English stiwardshepe, equivalent to steward + -ship. The correct English form is stewardship, spelled S-T-E-W-A-R-D-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    The rank or office of a steward.
  2. 2
    The act of caring for or improving with time.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. antimicrobial stewardship
  2. stewardship of natural resouces

Etymology

From Middle English stiwardshepe, equivalent to steward + -ship.

This word in other languages

administración(Español)intendant(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • setwardship
  • sstewardship
  • steawrdship
  • stewadrship
  • stewarddship
  • stewardhsip
  • stewardshhip
  • stewardshipp
  • stewardshpi
  • stewardsihp
  • stewardsship
  • stewarrdship
  • stewarsdhip
  • stewradship
  • stewwardship
  • sttewardship
  • stweardship
  • tsewardship

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stewardship - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

setwardship2sstewardship1steawrdship2stewadrship2stewarddship1stewardhsip2stewardshhip1stewardshipp1
Edit distance from "stewardship"

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 "stewardship"?
"stewardship" is spelled S-T-E-W-A-R-D-S-H-I-P.
What does "stewardship" mean?
As a noun, "stewardship" means: The rank or office of a steward.
What are common misspellings of "stewardship"?
Common misspellings include "setwardship", "sstewardship", "steawrdship", "stewadrship", "stewarddship". The correct spelling is "stewardship".
What is the origin of the word "stewardship"?
From Middle English stiwardshepe, equivalent to steward + -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 "stewardship", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

specificity#21,943terminating#21,958thermometer#21,961selfishness#21,924

Similar misspelling depth

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

reconstruct18 variantspresumption18 variantsdiscouraging18 variantsnomenclature18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list