SergejvsseriesTell them apart

Quick tell: Sergej is a name, series is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Sergej” is a name and “series” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,124
“Sergej” frequency rank
#13,018
“series” frequency rank
37142
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sergej series
Definition männlicher Vorname 2. Person Singular Indikativ Konditional Aktiv des Verbs ésser

Letter map: Sergej vs series

Shared letters muted; letters that set Sergej and series apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
Sergej
6 ch
series

Part-of-speech tell for Sergej / series

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Sergej is aname and seriesaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37142, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sergej is recorded at frequency rank #24,124, classified as aname, pronounced […]. series is at rank #13,018, tagged as averb, pronounced [səˈɾiəs].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 37142, this pair ranks #1,597,762 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Sergej vs series

Shared letters: ers. Private to "Sergej": gj. Private to "series": i.

"Sergej" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "series" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Sergejesrgej · segrej · seregj · sergejj · serggej · sergje · serrgej · sregej
  • seriesesries · seires · sereis · seriess · serise · serries · sreies · sseries

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Sergej" for "series" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Sergej" is a name and "series" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Sergej" or "series"?
"series" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,018 in our German list, against #24,124 for "Sergej". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Sergej" and "series". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Sergej" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "series" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,597,762 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sergej" and "series" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Sergej". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,597,762 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list