serievsserviceWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“serie” and “service” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,950
“serie” frequency rank
#311
“service” frequency rank
19261
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature serie service
Definition series An act of being of assistance to someone.

Letter map: serie vs service

Shared letters muted; letters that set serie and service apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

5 ch
serie
7 ch
service

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

serie and service are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19261, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

serie is recorded at frequency rank #18,950, classified as anoun. service is at rank #311, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɜː.vɪs/.

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 19261, this pair ranks #439,390 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of serie vs service

Shared letters: eirs. Private to "serie": -. Private to "service": cv.

"serie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "service" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • serieesrie · seire · serei · serrie · sreie · sserie
  • serviceesrvice · serivce · serrvice · servcie · servicce · serviec · servvice · sevrice

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "serie" and "service" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "serie" or "service"?
"service" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #311 in our English list, against #18,950 for "serie". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list