serbes

\sɛʁb\

/\sɛʁb\/ adj

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The verdict

“serbes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,012
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de serbe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-serbes · serbes · French

serbes · rank #16,012 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,012
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sentant

Nearest frequency peer: sentant (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « serbes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « serbes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

serbes vs sers
67% similar
serbes vs serez
67% similar
serbes vs serge
67% similar

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

Key facts for serbes
PropertyValue
Headwordserbes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛʁb\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,012
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « serbes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).serbesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sentant » (#16,011), « servante » (#16,013), « seau » (#16,010). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « serbes » est au #16,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around serbes (IPA \sɛʁb\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,012 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de serbe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for serbes, with forms such as "esrbes", "sebres", and "serbbes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sers", "serez", "serge", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is serbes, spelled S-E-R-B-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de serbe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how serbes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Faute de nouvelle formule associative, il n’y avait que l’alternative : ou laisser les minorités serbes de Croatie à la merci d’une croatisation annoncée et menaçante ; ou s’emparer de la Slavonie et de la Krajina et les décroatiser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esrbes
  • sebres
  • serbbes
  • serbess
  • serbse
  • serebs
  • serrbes
  • srebes
  • sserbes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of serbes - 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.

esrbes2sebres2serbbes1serbess1serbse2serebs2serrbes1srebes2
Edit distance from "serbes"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "serbes"?
"serbes" is spelled S-E-R-B-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛʁb\.
What does "serbes" mean?
As an adjective, "serbes" means: Pluriel de serbe.
What words are commonly confused with "serbes"?
"serbes" is commonly confused with "sers", "serez", "serge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "serbes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "serbes" is \sɛʁb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "serbes" come from?
"serbes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sauvés#16,009Samson#16,008Sylvia#16,019répand#16,004

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

rénové9 variantsquittera9 variantsquartz9 variantsprisme9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list