service
ser·vice/ˈsɝ.vɪs/noun, verb
service is spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-E, 2 syllables: ser·vice. The wrong spelling people search most is sevice: about 140 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 182 of all searches for the word. Service is a noun meaning “An act of being of assistance to someone”. The plural of service is services.
How many letters and syllables are in service?
| Letters | 7: S-E-R-V-I-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ser·vice |
| In writing | 309 times per million words; the 306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, sevice, about 140 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell service?
Service is spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-E. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 122 of the searches for service in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is service?
Service appears 309 times per million words in written English, the 306th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce service?
- UK /ˈsɜː.vɪs/
- US /ˈsɝ.vɪs/
Service has 2 syllables, split ser·vice in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-service.wav, En-us-service.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with service?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as service from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹvɪs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of service
- services plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- servicing participle, present
- serviced participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does service mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of being of assistance to someone.
I say I did him a service by ending our relationship – now he can freely pursue his career.
- 2
The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
Lancelot was at the service of King Arthur.
- 3
Work as a member of the military.
Thank you for your service.
- 4
The military.
the service
- 5
The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
Hair care is a service industry.
- 6
Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
- 7
A department in a company, organization, or institution.
- 8
A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
This machine provides the name service for the LAN.
- 9
Service tree.
- 10
The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
verb
- 1
To serve.
They service the customer base.
- 2
To perform maintenance.
He is going to service the car.
- 3
To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.
- 4
To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
It continues to be laden with intense debt servicing costs.
- 5
To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
- 6
vulgarTo perform a sexual act upon.
He serviced her several times a week.
- 7
To attack.
to service a target
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate service?
Wiktionary records 4 abbreviations of service: Serv., serv, svc, svce.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Service in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | service , servir , maintenir |
| German | Dienst, Service , bedienen , warten , Dienstleistung, Bedienung |
| Spanish | servicio , servir , servicear, serviciar , saque , culto |
| Portuguese | servir , fazer manutenção (a) , serviço , jogo, conjunto |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.