servlet
"servlet" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“servlet” is uncommon English (frequency #90,969 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,969
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Java program running on an Internet server that generates web content dynamically in response to requests from clients.
Corpus desk
Index EN-servlet · servlet · English
servlet · rank #90,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,969
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH serval
Nearest frequency peer: serval (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “servlet”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sellafield
Sellafield
9,038 corpus weight
- Seroquel
Seroquel
9,035 corpus weight
- serval
serval
9,033 corpus weight
- servlet
servlet
9,032 corpus weight
- sexologist
sexologist
9,029 corpus weight
- shama
shama
9,026 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “servlet” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | servlet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “servlet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
servlet is uncommon English at frequency #90,969 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Java program running on an Internet server that generates web content dynamically in response to requests from clients.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for servlet, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of server + applet. The correct English form is servlet, spelled S-E-R-V-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1A Java program running on an Internet server that generates web content dynamically in response to requests from clients.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how servlet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The difference between servlets and JSP is that servlets typically embed HTML inside Java code, while JSPs embed Java code in HTML.
Etymology
Blend of server + applet.
Synonyms
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).