serpiente

Name: serpiente, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[seɾˈpjẽn̪t̪e]

/[seɾˈpjẽn̪t̪e]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“serpiente” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,785. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,785
frequency rank, Spanish: 4,169
“S” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

Corpus desk

Index ES-serpiente · serpiente · Spanish

serpiente · rank #7,785 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #7,785
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 4,169
PHOTO-FINISH romántica

Nearest frequency peer: romántica (-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.

republicanos

92,219
retirarse

92,218
romántica

92,217
serpiente

92,216
serrano

92,215
sinónimo

92,214

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

serpiente vs sirviente

78% similar

serpiente vs serpientes

90% similar

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

Key facts for serpiente
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)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “serpiente”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).serpientecae aquí:

#7,785

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “romántica” (#7,784), “serrano” (#7,786), “retirarse” (#7,783). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “serpiente” va en #7,785. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around serpiente (IPA [seɾˈpjẽn̪t̪e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,785 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(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

ofidio

This word in other languages

snake(English)serpent(Français)Schlange(Deutsch)serpente(Português)

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.

Edit distance from "serpiente"

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 "serpiente"?

"serpiente" is spelled S-E-R-P-I-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [seɾˈpjẽn̪t̪e].

What does "serpiente" mean?

As a noun, "serpiente" means: (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...

What words are commonly confused with "serpiente"?

"serpiente" is commonly confused with "sirviente", "serpientes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "serpiente"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "serpiente" is [seɾˈpjẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "serpiente" come from?

"serpiente" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

romántica#7,784 retirarse#7,783 terrestre#7,795 proteínas#7,772

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

terminando14 variants realidades14 variants prejuicios14 variants interesada14 variants