servicio
[seɾˈβ̞isjo]
The verdict
“servicio” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #384 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #384
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de servir
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | servicio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seɾˈβ̞isjo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “servicio” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for servicio is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for servicio, with forms such as "cervicio", "esrvicio", and "serbicio". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "servido", "serviría", "servicios", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is servicio, spelled S-E-R-V-I-C-I-O.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de servir
- 2Ocupación de prestar servicio₁ en alguna capacidad
- 3En particular, servicio₂ del cuidado y administración de la vivienda
- 4En particular, servicio₂ en las fuerzas armadas exigido por la ley
- 5Por extensión, conjunto de personas ocupadas en un servicio₂
- 6En particular, organización pública destinada a prestar un servicio₁ de interés general
- 7Prestación consistente en un servicio₁, por oposición a un bien material
- 8Función de los ritos del culto religioso
- 9Pago en especies o dinero que se debe al estado
- 10En particular, servicio₉ que se recauda excepcionalmente
- 11En particular, servicio₉ que se pagaba anualmente por cada cabeza de ganado poseída
- 12Recipiente para recoger excrementos
- 13Por extensión, habitación en que se instala un sistema de recogida de excrementos
- 14Conjunto de utensilios que se emplean para presentar a la mesa los alimentos
- 15En particular, juego de utensilios del servicio₁₄ que se pone a cada comensal
- 16Conjunto de alimentos que se llevan a la mesa para una comida
- 17Acción o efecto de sacar
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cervicio,esrvicio,serbicio,serivcio,serrvicio,servciio,serviccio,servicoi,serviico,servisio,servvicio,sevricio,srevicio,sservicio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of servicio - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “servicio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-R-V-I-C-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [seɾˈβ̞isjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “servido” - see the side-by-side comparison. servicio vs servido
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.