servility
/sɚˈvɪ.lɪ.ti/noun
servility is spelled S-E-R-V-I-L-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, servility means “The condition of being servile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of servility is servilities.
How many letters and syllables are in servility?
| Letters | 9: S-E-R-V-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is servility?
Servility appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 servility?
- UK /səˈvɪ.lɪ.ti/
- UK /ˌsɜːˈvɪ.lɪ.ti/
- US /sɚˈvɪ.lɪ.ti/
Servility has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-servility.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with servility?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as servility from its last stressed vowel (/ɪlɪti/):
- availability
- mobility
- flexibility
- visibility
- hostility
- profitability
- nobility
- viability
- versatility
- solubility
- permeability
- mutability
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 servility
- servilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does servility mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being servile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Servility in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense condition of being servile:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Servilität, Servilismus, Speichelleckerei |
| Spanish | servilismo |
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.
Where does servility come from?
From servile + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).