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worship

wor·ship/ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/noun, verb

worship is spelled W-O-R-S-H-I-P: 7 letters and 2 syllables (wor·ship). It appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,365th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, worship means “The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of worship is worships.

How many letters and syllables are in worship?

Letters7: W-O-R-S-H-I-P
Syllables2: wor·ship
In writing19 times per million words; the 4,365th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Pairs people search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is worship?

Worship appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,365th 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 worship?

  • UK /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/
  • US /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/
  • /ˈwɔɹ.ʃɪp/

Worship has 2 syllables, split wor·ship in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-worship.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with worship

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

warship vs worship0 B

Also written: worshiping, worshipping.

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with worship?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as worship from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹʃɪp/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of worship

  • worships plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • worshiping US, participle, present
  • worshipping UK, participle, present
  • worshiped US, participle, past
  • worshipped UK, participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does worship mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.

    Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.

  2. 2

    The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperdulia that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.

  3. 3

    The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.

  4. 4

    Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.

  5. 5

    Ardent love.

  6. 6

    An object of worship.

  7. 7

    UKUsed as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.

  8. 8

    obsoleteHonour; respect; civil deference.

verb

  1. 1

    To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.

  2. 2

    To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.

  3. 3

    To participate in religious ceremonies.

    We worship at the church down the road.

  4. 4

    To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.

noun

as Worship
  1. 1

    UKA form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries

  2. 2

    CanadaarchaicA form of address of a mayor.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Worship in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchculte, adoration, vénération (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred…), vénérer, adorer (honor and adore, especially as a deity)
GermanVerehrung, Anbetung (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred…), verehren, anbeten (honor and adore, especially as a deity), Gottesdienst (religious ceremonies that express this devotion)
Portugueseadoração, cultuação, culto (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred…), adorar, venerar, cultuar (honor and adore, especially as a deity)
Spanishculto (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred…), rendir/dar(le) culto (honor and adore, especially as a deity), rendir(le) culto (adore)

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 worship come from?

Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). By surface analysis, wor(th) + -ship.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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