servicio

/[seɾˈβ̞isjo]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#384

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

servicio is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de servir Pronounced [seɾˈβ̞isjo]. It ranks #384 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with servido and serviría.

Key facts for servicio
PropertyValue
Headwordservicio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[seɾˈβ̞isjo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#384
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for servicio is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seɾˈβ̞isjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #384 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for servicio, with forms such as "cervicio", "esrvicio", and "serbicio". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "servido", "serviría", "servicios", 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 servicio, spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de servir
  2. 2
    Ocupación de prestar servicio₁ en alguna capacidad
  3. 3
    En particular, servicio₂ del cuidado y administración de la vivienda
  4. 4
    En particular, servicio₂ en las fuerzas armadas exigido por la ley
  5. 5
    Por extensión, conjunto de personas ocupadas en un servicio₂
  6. 6
    En particular, organización pública destinada a prestar un servicio₁ de interés general
  7. 7
    Prestación consistente en un servicio₁, por oposición a un bien material
  8. 8
    Función de los ritos del culto religioso
  9. 9
    Pago en especies o dinero que se debe al estado
  10. 10
    En particular, servicio₉ que se recauda excepcionalmente
  11. 11
    En particular, servicio₉ que se pagaba anualmente por cada cabeza de ganado poseída
  12. 12
    Recipiente para recoger excrementos
  13. 13
    Por extensión, habitación en que se instala un sistema de recogida de excrementos
  14. 14
    Conjunto de utensilios que se emplean para presentar a la mesa los alimentos
  15. 15
    En particular, juego de utensilios del servicio₁₄ que se pone a cada comensal
  16. 16
    Conjunto de alimentos que se llevan a la mesa para una comida
  17. 17
    Acción o efecto de sacar

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cervicio,esrvicio,serbicio,serivcio,serrvicio,servciio,serviccio,servicoi,serviico,servisio,servvicio,sevricio,srevicio,sservicio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for servicio

Misspelling Variants of "servicio"

cervicio8esrvicio8serbicio8serivcio8serrvicio9servciio8serviccio9servicoi8
Misspelling Variants of "servicio"

Frequency rank: #384 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "servicio"?
"servicio" is spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [seɾˈβ̞isjo].
What does "servicio" mean?
As a noun, "servicio" means: Acción o efecto de servir
What words are commonly confused with "servicio"?
"servicio" is commonly confused with "servido", "serviría", "servicios". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "servicio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "servicio" is [seɾˈβ̞isjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "servicio" come from?
"servicio" 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.