sierva
[ˈsjeɾβ̞a]
The verdict
“sierva” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,230 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,230
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del singular femenino de siervo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sierva · sierva · Spanish
sierva · rank #55,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,230
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH shooting
Nearest frequency peer: shooting (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “sierva”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sepsis
sepsis
44,776 corpus weight
- seri
seri
44,775 corpus weight
- shooting
shooting
44,772 corpus weight
- sierva
sierva
44,771 corpus weight
- singularida…
singularidades
44,770 corpus weight
- siro
siro
44,769 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sierva” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sierva |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsjeɾβ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sierva” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sierva is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,230 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsjeɾβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del singular femenino de siervo.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sierva, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is sierva, spelled S-I-E-R-V-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del singular femenino de siervo.
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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