servo

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The verdict

“servo” is uncommon German (frequency #72,920 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,920
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diener m

Corpus desk

Index DE-servo · servo · German

servo · rank #72,920 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,920
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Servolenkung

Nearest frequency peer: Servolenkung (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „servo“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „servo“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for servo
PropertyValue
Headwordservo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#72,920
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „servo“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.servofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Servolenkung“ (#72,921), „sekundärer“ (#72,918), „Seehunde“ (#72,917). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „servo“ bei #72,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

servo is uncommon German at frequency #72,920 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for servo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is servo, spelled S-E-R-V-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diener m
  2. 2
    Sklave m

Synonyms

schiavo

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 "servo"?
"servo" is spelled S-E-R-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "servo" mean?
As a noun, "servo" means: Diener m
How do you pronounce "servo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "servo" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "servo" come from?
"servo" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

soaps#72,941reute#72,871Stutz#72,975realm#72,859

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list