# serge

> English word · Noun · IPA /sɜːd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #21,925

## Definitions
1. A type of worsted cloth.
2. A garment made of this fabric.

## Etymology
From Middle English sarge, from Old French sarge, serge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silken, silk things”), from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Doublet of silk and seric.

## Easily confused with
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-sure)
- **sore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-sore)
- **sire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-sire)
- **Seri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-seri)
- **stage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-stage)
- **serve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-serve)
- **siege** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-siege)
- **surge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-surge)
- **serum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-serum)
- **spree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-spree)
- **serie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-serie)
- **serra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-serra)
- **servo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-servo)
- **serif** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-serif)
- **series** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-series)
- **served** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-served)
- **server** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-server)
- **serves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-serves)
- **sewage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-sewage)
- **Sergei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-sergei)

## Common misspellings (7)
`esrge`, `segre`, `sereg`, `sergge`, `serrge`, `srege`, `sserge`

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