servicio

[seɾˈβ̞isjo]

/[seɾˈβ̞isjo]/ noun

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The verdict

“servicio” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #384. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#384
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de servir

Corpus desk

Index ES-servicio · servicio · Spanish

servicio · rank #384 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #384
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH seguir

Nearest frequency peer: seguir (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “servicio”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “servicio” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

servicio vs servido
75% similar
servicio vs serviría
63% similar
servicio vs servicios
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “servicio”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).serviciocae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “seguir” (#383), “situación” (#385), “público” (#382). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “servicio” va en #384. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around servicio (IPA [seɾˈβ̞isjo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #384 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 17 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  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

servicio domésticoservicio militarcontribuciónimpuestotributobacinillaorinalaseobañocomúncuarto de bañoexcusadolavaboretreteserviciotoilettoiletteváterwátervajillacubiertosaque

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.

cervicio1esrvicio2serbicio1serivcio2serrvicio1servciio2serviccio1servicoi2
Edit distance from "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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "servicio", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

palabras#380programa#370derechos#399artículo#350

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

situación14 variantsseguridad14 variantsencontrar14 variantssignifica14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list