serviceman

noun

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"serviceman" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“serviceman” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,769. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,769
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A man who serves in the armed forces.

Corpus desk

Index EN-serviceman · serviceman · English

serviceman · rank #46,769 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,769
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH SETI

Nearest frequency peer: SETI (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “serviceman”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “serviceman” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for serviceman
PropertyValue
Headwordserviceman
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#46,769
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “serviceman”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).servicemanlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “SETI” (#46,770), “Selangor” (#46,767), “SFR” (#46,771). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “serviceman” is #46,769. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around serviceman, anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,769 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for serviceman, with forms such as "esrviceman", "serivceman", and "serrviceman". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From service + -man. The correct English form is serviceman, spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-E-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A man who serves in the armed forces.
  2. 2
    A person, especially a man, employed in service and maintenance of equipment.

Etymology

From service + -man.

This word in other languages

militar(Español)militaire(Français)Militärangehöriger(Deutsch)militar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esrviceman
  • serivceman
  • serrviceman
  • servcieman
  • servicceman
  • serviceamn
  • servicemann
  • servicemman
  • servicemna
  • servicmean
  • serviecman
  • servviceman
  • sevriceman
  • sreviceman
  • sserviceman

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of serviceman - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esrviceman2serivceman2serrviceman1servcieman2servicceman1serviceamn2servicemann1servicemman1
Edit distance from "serviceman"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "serviceman"?
"serviceman" is spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-E-M-A-N.
What does "serviceman" mean?
As a noun, "serviceman" means: A man who serves in the armed forces.
What are common misspellings of "serviceman"?
Common misspellings include "esrviceman", "serivceman", "serrviceman", "servcieman", "servicceman". The correct spelling is "serviceman".
What is the origin of the word "serviceman"?
From service + -man. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "serviceman", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list