Serie

[ˈzeːʁiə]

/[ˈzeːʁiə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Serie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,043. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,043
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geordnete Abfolge gleichartiger Ereignisse

Corpus desk

Index DE-serie · Serie · German

Serie · rank #1,043 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,043
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schluss

Nearest frequency peer: Schluss (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Serie“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Serie“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Serie vs sie
40% similar
Serie vs Sure
60% similar
Serie vs Sire
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Serie
PropertyValue
HeadwordSerie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzeːʁiə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,043
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Serie“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Serieliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Schluss“ (#1,042), „Teile“ (#1,044), „total“ (#1,045). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Serie“ bei #1,043. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Serie (IPA [ˈzeːʁiə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,043 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Serie, with forms such as "esrie", "seire", and "serei". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sie", "Sure", "Sire", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Serie, spelled S-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    geordnete Abfolge gleichartiger Ereignisse
  2. 2
    Menge zusammengehöriger Dinge, die eine Einheit bilden
  3. 3
    Menge gleichartiger, gemeinsam hergestellter Produkte
  4. 4
    regelmäßig erscheinende, zusammengehörige Reihe von Sendungen oder Veröffentlichungen
  5. 5
    offene, unregelmäßig erscheinende Reihe literarischer Werke
  6. 6
    Zeitabschnitt von mehreren Millionen Jahren in der Erdgeschichte
  7. 7
    Gruppe von Elementen mit ähnlichen, sich kontinuierlich unterscheidenden Eigenschaften
  8. 8
    Rangstufe in der Taxonomie unterhalb der Gattung
  9. 9
    Folge von Spektrallinien

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Serie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Serie von Gewalttaten endete mit der Verhaftung des mutmaßlichen Täters.
  2. Jetzt ist Bayern Meister, zum sechsten Mal in Serie, zum sechsten Mal in Serie mit mindestens zehn Punkten Vorsprung.

Synonyms

ReiheReihenwerkSchriftenreiheSerienwerkEpoche

This word in other languages

series(English)serie(Español)série(Français)série(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esrie
  • seire
  • serei
  • serrie
  • sreie
  • sserie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Serie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

esrie2seire2serei2serrie1sreie2sserie1
Edit distance from "Serie"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Serie"?
"Serie" is spelled S-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzeːʁiə].
What does "Serie" mean?
As a noun, "Serie" means: geordnete Abfolge gleichartiger Ereignisse
What words are commonly confused with "Serie"?
"Serie" is commonly confused with "sie", "Sure", "Sire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Serie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Serie" is [ˈzeːʁiə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Serie" come from?
"Serie" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Serie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Teile#1,044total#1,045Runde#1,040fotos#1,033

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

John6 variantsBank6 variantsfrüh6 variantschef6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list