ship

\ʃip\

/\ʃip\/ noun

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The verdict

“ship” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,693. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,693
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couple principalement non officiel ou non canonique entre des personnages.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ship · ship · French

ship · rank #23,693 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,693
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH serrées

Nearest frequency peer: serrées (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ship »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ship » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ship vs si
50% similar
ship vs SP
0% similar
ship vs six
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ship
PropertyValue
Headwordship
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃip\
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,693
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ship »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).shipse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « serrées » (#23,692), « sox » (#23,694), « Scotland » (#23,691). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « ship » est au #23,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ship (IPA \ʃip\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,693 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Couple principalement non officiel ou non canonique entre des personnages.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ship, with forms such as "hsip", "shhip", and "shipp". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "si", "SP", "six", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ship, spelled S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couple principalement non officiel ou non canonique entre des personnages.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. firy elle m’a dit ah mais ya un ship gay dans ace attorney en voyant mon artbook klapollo…… je l’ai sit down
  2. J'ai jamais autant kiffer un ship dans genshin comme ça 😭

This word in other languages

shipping(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsip
  • shhip
  • shipp
  • shpi
  • sihp
  • sship

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ship - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hsip2shhip1shipp1shpi2sihp2sship1
Edit distance from "ship"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ship"?
"ship" is spelled S-H-I-P. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃip\.
What does "ship" mean?
As a noun, "ship" means: Couple principalement non officiel ou non canonique entre des personnages.
What words are commonly confused with "ship"?
"ship" is commonly confused with "si", "SP", "six". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ship"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ship" is \ʃip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ship" come from?
"ship" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ship", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

toby#23,711tofu#23,712wine#23,735plug#23,647

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

tibia6 variantsparié6 variantsBadoo6 variantsbouée6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list