# series vs serves

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### series
*noun · IPA /ˈsɪə.ɹiːz/ · frequency rank #450*
A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.

### serves
*verb · IPA /sɝvz/ · frequency rank #3,725*
third-person singular simple present indicative of serve

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/series-vs-serves