How to spell ownership

hear itown·er·ship/'oʊnər,ʃɪp/nounPrefixes and work

What it means: The state of having control over something.

In a sentence: Tom took ownership of the new toy car.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as ownnership or ownship.

Same family: owner, owning, owned, proprietor, possession. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Ownership is formed from the verb "own" plus the old suffix "-ship," which comes from Old English and means a state or condition. Many abstract nouns in English, like "friendship" and "leadership," use the same "-ship" ending.

Try spelling it

You will hear the word and a sentence. Type it and press Enter. Then four more words from the same level, so you know where you stand.

Words like this

screwdriver · disown · terminal · underwater · interfere · nursery · long-term · citizenship

Spelling.School is a spaced-repetition spelling practice: ten minutes a day, every word spoken aloud, every miss explained, and every word coming back just before you would forget it. Try five words without signing up.