Serbia

[ˈseɾβ̞ja]

/[ˈseɾβ̞ja]/ name

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The verdict

“Serbia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,915. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,915
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - País ubicado en la península de los Balcanes, que fue parte de la antigua Yugoslavia. Limita con Croacia, Hungría, Rumania, Bulgaria, Macedonia del Norte, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina y, teóricam...

Corpus desk

Index ES-serbia · Serbia · Spanish

Serbia · rank #7,915 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,915
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sarmiento

Nearest frequency peer: Sarmiento (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “Serbia”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “Serbia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Serbia vs sería
50% similar
Serbia vs serie
50% similar
Serbia vs serio
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Serbia
PropertyValue
HeadwordSerbia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈseɾβ̞ja]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,915
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Serbia”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).Serbiacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Sarmiento” (#7,914), “sigamos” (#7,916), “santuario” (#7,913). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “Serbia” va en #7,915. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Serbia (IPA [ˈseɾβ̞ja]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,915 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "País ubicado en la península de los Balcanes, que fue parte de la antigua Yugoslavia. Limita con Croacia, Hungría, Rumania, Bulgaria, Macedonia del Norte, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina y, teóricam...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Serbia, with forms such as "cerbia", "esrbia", and "sebria". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sería", "serie", "serio", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is Serbia, spelled S-E-R-B-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    País ubicado en la península de los Balcanes, que fue parte de la antigua Yugoslavia. Limita con Croacia, Hungría, Rumania, Bulgaria, Macedonia del Norte, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina y, teóricamente, con Albania, pero en realidad con Kosovo (independiente en la práctica).

This word in other languages

Serbia(English)Serbie(Français)Serbien(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cerbia
  • esrbia
  • sebria
  • serbai
  • serbbia
  • seriba
  • serrbia
  • srebia
  • sserbia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Serbia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cerbia1esrbia2sebria2serbai2serbbia1seriba2serrbia1srebia2
Edit distance from "Serbia"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Serbia"?
"Serbia" is spelled S-E-R-B-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈseɾβ̞ja].
What does "Serbia" mean?
As a proper noun, "Serbia" means: País ubicado en la península de los Balcanes, que fue parte de la antigua Yugoslavia. Limita con Croacia, Hungría, Rumania, Bulgaria, Macedonia del Norte, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina y, teóricam...
What words are commonly confused with "Serbia"?
"Serbia" is commonly confused with "sería", "serie", "serio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Serbia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Serbia" is [ˈseɾβ̞ja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Serbia" come from?
"Serbia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Serbia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sólida#7,918pájaro#7,909primos#7,904Piñera#7,899

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

verbo9 variantsíbamos9 variantsmoción9 variantsmaldad9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list