# serves

> English word · Verb · IPA /sɝvz/ · frequency rank #3,725

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of serve

## Easily confused with
- **seven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serves-vs-seven)
- **sexes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serves-vs-sexes)
- **sever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serves-vs-sever)
- **servo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serves-vs-servo)
- **survey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serves-vs-survey)
- **slaves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serves-vs-slaves)
- **swerve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serves-vs-swerve)
- **shaves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serves-vs-shaves)
- **shoves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serves-vs-shoves)
- **staves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serves-vs-staves)
- **shelves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serves-vs-shelves)
- **sleeves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serves-vs-sleeves)
- **services** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serves-vs-services)
- **sees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sees-vs-serves)
- **serve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serve-vs-serves)
- **saves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saves-vs-serves)
- **serie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serie-vs-serves)
- **serge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serge-vs-serves)
- **series** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/series-vs-serves)
- **served** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/served-vs-serves)

## Common misspellings (9)
`esrves`, `serevs`, `serrves`, `servess`, `servse`, `servves`, `sevres`, `sreves`, `sserves`

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