servility
/səˈvɪ.lɪ.ti/
"servility" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“servility” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being servile.
Corpus desk
Index EN-servility · servility · English
servility · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | servility |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /səˈvɪ.lɪ.ti/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “servility” in English
Rare enough to double-check
servility is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /səˈvɪ.lɪ.ti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The condition of being servile.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for servility, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From servile + -ity. The correct English form is servility, spelled S-E-R-V-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The condition of being servile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how servility appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yossarian went along in Milo Minderbinder's speeding M & M staff car to police headquarters to meet a swarthy, untidy police commissioner with a narrow black mustache and unbuttoned tunic who was fiddling with a stout woman with warts and two chins when they entered his office and who greeted Milo with warm surprise and bowed and scraped in obscene servil…
Etymology
From servile + -ity.
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.