serviceperson

noun

"serviceperson" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“serviceperson” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A servicemember; a serviceman or servicewoman.

Corpus desk

Index EN-serviceperson · serviceperson · English

serviceperson · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for serviceperson
PropertyValue
Headwordserviceperson
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “serviceperson” in English

servicepersonsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

serviceperson is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A servicemember; a serviceman or servicewoman.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for serviceperson, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From service + person. The correct English form is serviceperson, spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-E-P-E-R-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A servicemember; a serviceman or servicewoman.

Etymology

From service + person.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "serviceperson"?
"serviceperson" is spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-E-P-E-R-S-O-N.
What does "serviceperson" mean?
As a noun, "serviceperson" means: A servicemember; a serviceman or servicewoman.
What is the origin of the word "serviceperson"?
From service + person. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list