military service
"military-service" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“military service” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Service in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job (volunteering) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | military service |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “military service” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
military service is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Service in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job (volunteering) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).".
military service has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is military service, spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-R-Y- -S-E-R-V-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Service in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job (volunteering) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “military service”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-I-L-I-T-A-R-Y- -S-E-R-V-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.