# serena

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #12,323

## Definitions
1. Obsolete form of serene (“fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset”, noun).

## Etymology
From Italian serena, feminine of sereno. Compare Spanish serena (“dew”).

## Easily confused with
- **seven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serena-vs-seven)
- **siren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serena-vs-siren)
- **Siena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serena-vs-siena)
- **serra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serena-vs-serra)
- **serene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serena-vs-serene)
- **Sheena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serena-vs-sheena)
- **serine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serena-vs-serine)
- **serpent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serena-vs-serpent)
- **serenade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serena-vs-serenade)
- **seen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seen-vs-serena)
- **Sera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sera-vs-serena)
- **semen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/semen-vs-serena)
- **senna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/senna-vs-serena)
- **Serbia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serbia-vs-serena)
- **Selena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-serena)
- **Seneca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seneca-vs-serena)
- **Selina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selina-vs-serena)
- **Sedona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedona-vs-serena)

## Common misspellings (8)
`esrena`, `seerna`, `serean`, `serenna`, `sernea`, `serrena`, `sreena`, `sserena`

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