serve

/sɜːv/

//sɜːv// noun

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The verdict

“serve” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,248 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,248
frequency rank, Spanish
34,953
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Servicio.

Key facts for serve
PropertyValue
Headwordserve
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɜːv/
Letters5
Frequency rank#87,248
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “serve” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). serve lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

serve is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,248 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɜːv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Servicio.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for serve, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is serve, spelled S-E-R-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Servicio.

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 "serve"?
"serve" is spelled S-E-R-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is /sɜːv/.
What does "serve" mean?
As a noun, "serve" means: Servicio.
How do you pronounce "serve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "serve" is /sɜːv/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "serve" come from?
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Using “serve”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-R-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /sɜːv/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list