seniority
/siːnɪˈɒɹɪti/
"seniority" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seniority” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #23,669 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,669
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seniority |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /siːnɪˈɒɹɪti/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seniority” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for seniority is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /siːnɪˈɒɹɪti/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,669 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for seniority, with forms such as "esniority", "seinority", and "senioirty". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English senyoryte, from Medieval Latin senioritas, from Latin senior (“elder”). The correct English form is seniority, spelled S-E-N-I-O-R-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.
Etymology
From Middle English senyoryte, from Medieval Latin senioritas, from Latin senior (“elder”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esniority,seinority,senioirty,senioritty,seniorityy,senioriyt,seniorrity,seniortiy,seniroity,senniority,senoirity,sneiority,sseniority
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seniority - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “seniority”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-N-I-O-R-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /siːnɪˈɒɹɪti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.