serra

\se.ʁa\

/\se.ʁa\/ verb

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The verdict

“serra” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,253) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#15,253
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de serrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-serra · serra · French

serra · rank #15,253 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,253
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH ser

Nearest frequency peer: ser (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « serra »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « serra » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

serra vs sert
60% similar
serra vs sers
60% similar
serra vs servi
60% similar

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

Key facts for serra
PropertyValue
Headwordserra
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\se.ʁa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,253
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « serra »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.serrase place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ser » (#15,252), « shot » (#15,254), « savoirs » (#15,251). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « serra » est au #15,253. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for serra is neighbouring look-alikes ("sert", "sers", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced \se.ʁa\. Frequency #15,253 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de serrer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for serra, with forms such as "esrra", "serar", and "srera". 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, "sert", "sers", "servi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is serra, spelled S-E-R-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de serrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aldo serra encore plus fort son trophée provoquant un léger craquement, une micro-fissure se dessina sur la couture ventrale de l’animal.
  2. Alors qu’il distribuait des bananes aux petits garnements chimpanzés, le père Gourgougou vint vers lui en pingouinant et se serra gentiment contre lui à la façon des humains.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esrra
  • serar
  • srera
  • sserra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of serra - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esrra2serar2srera2sserra1
Edit distance from "serra"

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 "serra"?
"serra" is spelled S-E-R-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ʁa\.
What does "serra" mean?
As a verb, "serra" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de serrer.
What words are commonly confused with "serra"?
"serra" is commonly confused with "sert", "sers", "servi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "serra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "serra" is \se.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "serra" come from?
"serra" 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 "serra", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sérum#15,264today#15,271renom#15,230Vidal#15,282

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list