security service
/sɪˌkjʊə̯.ɪ.tiː ˈsɜː.vɪs/
"security-service" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“security 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 September 3, 2026) - A government organization established to protect its nation and its secrets from enemies.
Corpus desk
Index EN-security-service · security service · English
security service · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | security service |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɪˌkjʊə̯.ɪ.tiː ˈsɜː.vɪs/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “security service” in English
Rare enough to double-check
security service is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɪˌkjʊə̯.ɪ.tiː ˈsɜː.vɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for security service, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is security service, spelled S-E-C-U-R-I-T-Y- -S-E-R-V-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1A government organization established to protect its nation and its secrets from enemies.
- 2Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see security, service.
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.