se servir
\sə sɛʁ.viʁ\
The verdict
“se servir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme pronominale de servir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-servir · se servir · French
se servir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se servir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə sɛʁ.viʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se servir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se servir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə sɛʁ.viʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de servir.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for se servir, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is se servir, spelled S-E- -S-E-R-V-I-R.
Definition
- 1Forme pronominale de servir.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.