# series vs seriös

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### series
*verb · IPA [səˈɾiəs] · frequency rank #13,018*
2. Person Singular Indikativ Konditional Aktiv des Verbs ésser

### seriös
*adjective · IPA [zeˈʁi̯øːs] · frequency rank #12,790*
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## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/series-vs-serios