Services
[ˈsœːɐ̯vɪsəs]
The verdict
“Services” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,624 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,624
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Service (Dienstleistung/Bedienung/Tennis)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Services |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsœːɐ̯vɪsəs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,624 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Services” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Services is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsœːɐ̯vɪsəs]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,624 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Services, with forms such as "esrvices", "serivces", and "serrvices". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "series", "Service", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Services, spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Service (Dienstleistung/Bedienung/Tennis)
- 2Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Service (Dienstleistung/Bedienung/Tennis)
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Service (Dienstleistung/Bedienung/Tennis)
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Service (Dienstleistung/Bedienung/Tennis)
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Service (Dienstleistung/Bedienung/Tennis)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esrvices,serivces,serrvices,servcies,servicces,servicess,servicse,serviecs,servvices,sevrices,srevices,sservices
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Services - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “Services”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-E-R-V-I-C-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsœːɐ̯vɪsəs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “series” - see the side-by-side comparison. Services vs series
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.