warship
/ˈwɔɹˌʃɪp/noun
warship is spelled W-A-R-S-H-I-P: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, warship means “Any ship built or armed for naval combat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of warship is warships.
How many letters and syllables are in warship?
| Letters | 7: W-A-R-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is warship?
Warship appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce warship?
- UK /ˈwɔːˌʃɪp/
- US /ˈwɔɹˌʃɪp/
Warship has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-warship.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with warship
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of warship
- warships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does warship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any ship built or armed for naval combat.
- 2
A spacecraft built or armed for space warfare.
noun
- 1
UKA British Rail Class 41 locomotive, dating from the late 1950s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Warship in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ship built or armed for naval combat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | navire de guerre |
| German | Kriegsschiff, Kampfschiff |
| Portuguese | navio de guerra, belonave |
| Spanish | buque de guerra, buque militar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does warship come from?
From war + ship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).