# serene

> English word · Adjective · IPA /səˈɹi(ː)n/ · frequency rank #20,490

## Definitions
1. Calm, peaceful, unruffled.
2. Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
3. Fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.
4. Used as part of certain titles, originally to indicate sovereignty or independence.

## Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Latin serēnus (“clear, cloudless, untroubled”).

## Easily confused with
- **seven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serene-vs-seven)
- **serve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serene-vs-serve)
- **spree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serene-vs-spree)
- **siren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serene-vs-siren)
- **serie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serene-vs-serie)
- **serge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serene-vs-serge)
- **severe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serene-vs-severe)
- **shrine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serene-vs-shrine)
- **serine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serene-vs-serine)
- **serpent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serene-vs-serpent)
- **seen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seen-vs-serene)
- **scene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scene-vs-serene)
- **semen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/semen-vs-serene)
- **seine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-serene)
- **serena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serena-vs-serene)
- **Selena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selena-vs-serene)
- **secede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/secede-vs-serene)
- **secrete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/secrete-vs-serene)
- **serenade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serenade-vs-serene)

## Common misspellings (8)
`esrene`, `seerne`, `sereen`, `serenne`, `sernee`, `serrene`, `sreene`, `sserene`

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