specialty

Other forms of specialty

plural

specialties·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about specialty

What does specialty mean?

specialty means "an asset of special worth or utility". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in specialty?

specialty has 3 syllables: spec-ial-ty. The stress falls on "spec". In IPA it is /ˈspɛʃəlti/.

What is another word for specialty?

Close synonyms include forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, speciality. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is specialty a common word?

specialty is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.