Speciality or specialty?
speciality is a noun meaning “UK standard form of specialty”; specialty is a noun meaning “That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) specialty is about 5.6 times as common as speciality.
What is the difference between speciality and specialty?
| speciality | specialty | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | UKUK standard form of specialty | AustraliaCanadaUSThat in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick AustraliaCanadaUSA product that originates in and is characteristic of a place |
| Example | They cook well overall, but their true speciality is pasta | Near-synonym: discipline |
| Forms | specialities | specialties |
| Pronunciation | /ˌspɛʃiˈælɪti/ /spɛˈʃæl(ɪ)ʈi/ /ˈspɛʃəl(ɪ)ʈi/ | /ˈspɛʃ.əl.ti/ /ˈspɛʃ.əl.ʈi/ /spɛˈʃæl.ʈi/ |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words | 7.8 times per million words |
Sources: speciality and specialty in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of speciality and specialty
speciality
- 1
UKUK standard form of specialty
They cook well overall, but their true speciality is pasta
specialty
- 1
AustraliaCanadaUSThat in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick
Near-synonym: discipline
- 2
AustraliaCanadaUSA product that originates in and is characteristic of a place
regional specialty
- 3
AustraliaCanadaUSA particular or peculiar case
- 4
AustraliaCanadaUSAn attribute or quality peculiar to a species
- 5
AustraliaCanadaUSA contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, speciality or specialty?
speciality appears 1.4 times per million words; specialty 7.8 times per million words.
speciality 1.4 times per million wordsspecialty 7.8 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search speciality vs specialty?
“speciality vs specialty” is searched about 1,000 times a month on Google and 100 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“specialty vs speciality”, “speciality or specialty”).
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