ser
Letters
3 characters
Frequency Rank
#39
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
0
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
ser is aSpanishverb. It means: Tener algo una determinada naturaleza, propiedad o cualidad estable. Pronounced [ˈseɾ]. It ranks #39 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with su and sí.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ser |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈseɾ] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #39 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ser is 3 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈseɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #39 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ser in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "su", "sí", "so", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is ser, spelled S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Tener algo una determinada naturaleza, propiedad o cualidad estable.
- 2Seguido de la descripción de una acción, consistir en ella.
- 3Haber una cosa; admitir uno o varios predicados.
- 4Suceder o acontecer.
- 5Proceder o provenir de un lugar, tener un origen.
- 6Pertenecer o identificarse con un lugar.
- 7Pertenecer a la posesión o dominio de alguno.
- 8Servir, aprovechar o conducir para alguna cosa.
- 9Estar en algún lugar o situación.
- 10Se usa para decir la hora o fecha.
- 11Tener algo un valor o precio.
- 12Se usa para dar el resultado de una operación aritmética.
- 13Corresponder o adecuarse una conducta a una persona.
- 14Sirve para afirmar o negar en lo que se dice o pretende.
- 15Junto con nombres que significan empleo, ocupación o ministerio vale ejercitarlos u ocuparse en ellos.
- 16Dicho de una persona: haber alcanzado su máximo apogeo.
- 17Fracasar, quedar obsoleto o perder todas las chances para repuntar.
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Frequency rank: #39 in Spanish
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