services

//ˈsɜː.vɪ.sɪz// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,495

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

services is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de service ('servicios'). Pronounced /ˈsɜː.vɪ.sɪz/. Often confused with servicio and servimos.

Key facts for services
PropertyValue
Headwordservices
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsɜː.vɪ.sɪz/
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,495
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for services is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsɜː.vɪ.sɪz/. Corpus data places it at rank #21,495 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de service ('servicios').".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for services, with forms such as "cervices", "esrvices", and "serbices". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "servicio", "servimos", "servidas", 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 services, spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de service ('servicios').

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cervices,esrvices,serbices,serivces,serrvices,servcies,servicces,servicess,servicse,serviecs,servises,servvices,sevrices,srevices,sservices

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for services

Misspelling Variants of "services"

cervices8esrvices8serbices8serivces8serrvices9servcies8servicces9servicess9
Misspelling Variants of "services"

Frequency rank: #21,495 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "services"?
"services" is spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɜː.vɪ.sɪz/.
What does "services" mean?
As a noun, "services" means: Forma del plural de service ('servicios').
What words are commonly confused with "services"?
"services" is commonly confused with "servicio", "servimos", "servidas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "services"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "services" is /ˈsɜː.vɪ.sɪz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "services" come from?
"services" 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.