servir

/[seɾˈβ̞iɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,475

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

servir is aSpanishverb. It means: Ser útil para algo. Pronounced [seɾˈβ̞iɾ]. It ranks #2,475 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sirvió and surgir.

Key facts for servir
PropertyValue
Headwordservir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[seɾˈβ̞iɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,475
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for servir is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seɾˈβ̞iɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,475 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for servir, with forms such as "cervir", "esrvir", and "serbir". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sirvió", "surgir", "surtir", 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 servir, spelled S-E-R-V-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ser útil para algo.
  2. 2
    Estar al servicio de alguien.
  3. 3
    Ser capaz de reemplazar el rol de otro.
  4. 4
    Funcionar.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cervir,esrvir,serbir,serivr,serrvir,servirr,servri,servvir,sevrir,srevir,sservir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for servir

Misspelling Variants of "servir"

cervir6esrvir6serbir6serivr6serrvir7servirr7servri6servvir7
Misspelling Variants of "servir"

Frequency rank: #2,475 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "servir"?
"servir" is spelled S-E-R-V-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [seɾˈβ̞iɾ].
What does "servir" mean?
As a verb, "servir" means: Ser útil para algo.
What words are commonly confused with "servir"?
"servir" is commonly confused with "sirvió", "surgir", "surtir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "servir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "servir" is [seɾˈβ̞iɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "servir" come from?
"servir" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Spanish index:

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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.