subservience
noun
subservience is spelled S-U-B-S-E-R-V-I-E-N-C-E: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, subservience means “The state of being subservient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of subservience is subserviences.
How many letters and syllables are in subservience?
| Letters | 12: S-U-B-S-E-R-V-I-E-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is subservience?
Subservience appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th 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 subservience?
Subservience 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).
Forms of subservience
- subserviences plural
- subserviency
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does subservience mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being subservient.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Subservience in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of being subservient:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | soumission, servilité, asservissement |
| German | Unterwürfigkeit, Untertänigkeit, Dienlichkeit, Servilität |
| 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 subservience come from?
From subservi(ent) + -ence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).