service

//ˈsɜː.vɪs// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,478

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

service is aSpanishnoun. It means: Servicio. Pronounced /ˈsɜː.vɪs/. Often confused with servir and servil.

Key facts for service
PropertyValue
Headwordservice
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsɜː.vɪs/
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,478
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of service in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for service is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsɜː.vɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,478 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Servicio.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for service, with forms such as "cervice", "esrvice", and "serbice". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "servir", "servil", "servido", 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 service, spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Servicio.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cervice,esrvice,serbice,serivce,serrvice,servcie,servicce,serviec,servise,servvice,sevrice,srevice,sservice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for service

Misspelling Variants of "service"

cervice7esrvice7serbice7serivce7serrvice8servcie7servicce8serviec7
Misspelling Variants of "service"

Frequency rank: #12,478 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "service"?
"service" is spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɜː.vɪs/.
What does "service" mean?
As a noun, "service" means: Servicio.
What words are commonly confused with "service"?
"service" is commonly confused with "servir", "servil", "servido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "service"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "service" is /ˈsɜː.vɪs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "service" come from?
"service" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.