serpiente
[seɾˈpjẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“serpiente” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,785 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,785
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (suborden Serpentes, sin. Ophidia) Cualquiera de varios miles de especies de reptiles diápsidos, muy característicos por la carencia de patas y la forma alargada del cuerpo, recubierto de escamas d...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | serpiente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seɾˈpjẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “serpiente” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for serpiente is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seɾˈpjẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,785 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(suborden Serpentes, sin. Ophidia) Cualquiera de varios miles de especies de reptiles diápsidos, muy característicos por la carencia de patas y la forma alargada del cuerpo, recubierto de escamas d...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for serpiente, with forms such as "cerpiente", "esrpiente", and "sepriente". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sirviente", "serpientes", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is serpiente, spelled S-E-R-P-I-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1(suborden Serpentes, sin. Ophidia) Cualquiera de varios miles de especies de reptiles diápsidos, muy característicos por la carencia de patas y la forma alargada del cuerpo, recubierto de escamas de colores que van de los muy vivos a los crípticos. Se desplazan mediante ondulaciones laterales del cuerpo, y son rápidos y eficaces predadores. Algunas especies son capaces de constricción, mientras que otras inyectan veneno mediante colmillos modificados. Todas son carnívoras.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cerpiente,esrpiente,sepriente,seripente,serpeinte,serpienet,serpiennte,serpientte,serpietne,serpinete,serppiente,serrpiente,srepiente,sserpiente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of serpiente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “serpiente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-R-P-I-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [seɾˈpjẽn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sirviente” - see the side-by-side comparison. serpiente vs sirviente
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.