soldiery
/ˈsəʊldʒəɹi/
"soldiery" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“soldiery” is uncommon English (frequency #99,882 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,882
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soldiers considered as a group.
Corpus desk
Index EN-soldiery · soldiery · English
soldiery · rank #99,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,882
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH soke
Nearest frequency peer: soke (-2 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 “soldiery”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sleepyhead
sleepyhead
127 corpus weight
- snaffle
snaffle
125 corpus weight
- soke
soke
121 corpus weight
- soldiery
soldiery
119 corpus weight
- Sommerfeld
Sommerfeld
117 corpus weight
- spearfish
spearfish
115 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “soldiery” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soldiery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsəʊldʒəɹi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “soldiery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
soldiery is uncommon English at frequency #99,882 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsəʊldʒəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
soldiery has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From soldier + -y. The correct English form is soldiery, spelled S-O-L-D-I-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Soldiers considered as a group.
- 2The profession or skill of being a soldier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how soldiery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now they could see the point of having a uniformed driver to conduct them, for he would bear the brunt of such encounters with the soldiery.
Etymology
From soldier + -y.
Synonyms
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); 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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).