servage

\sɛʁ.vaʒ\

/\sɛʁ.vaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“servage” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,872. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,872
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Condition du serf.

Corpus desk

Index FR-servage · servage · French

servage · rank #45,872 · 9 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,872
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sexual

Nearest frequency peer: sexual (+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 « servage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « servage » 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).

servage vs serve
71% similar
servage vs serval
71% similar
servage vs service
71% similar

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

Key facts for servage
PropertyValue
Headwordservage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛʁ.vaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,872
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « servage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).servagese 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 « sexual » (#45,873), « septentrionales » (#45,870), « semés » (#45,869). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « servage » est au #45,872. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around servage (IPA \sɛʁ.vaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,872 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for servage, with forms such as "esrvage", "seravge", and "serrvage". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "serve", "serval", "service", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is servage, spelled S-E-R-V-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Condition du serf.
  2. 2
    Esclavage ; servitude.
  3. 3
    Soumission.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La forme d’assujettissement désignée sous le nom de « servage », considérée comme caractéristique de l’époque médiévale, se distingue en effet de l’esclavage en ce qu’elle désigne un statut d’infériorité sociale vécue dans le cadre d’une seigneurie.
  2. Les contrevenants aux lois du servage et les criminels encouraient de sévères punitions : de 100 à 1000 coups de fouet, selon l’offense ; amputation de main, de jambe ou des yeux pour les crimes les plus graves.

This word in other languages

serfdom(English)servidumbre(Español)Frondienst(Deutsch)servidão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esrvage
  • seravge
  • serrvage
  • servaeg
  • servagge
  • servgae
  • servvage
  • srevage
  • sservage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esrvage2seravge2serrvage1servaeg2servagge1servgae2servvage1srevage2
Edit distance from "servage"

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 "servage"?
"servage" is spelled S-E-R-V-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛʁ.vaʒ\.
What does "servage" mean?
As a noun, "servage" means: Condition du serf.
What words are commonly confused with "servage"?
"servage" is commonly confused with "serve", "serval", "service". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "servage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "servage" is \sɛʁ.vaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "servage" come from?
"servage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sibylle#45,875simplet#45,877Saverne#45,864soutane#45,880

Similar misspelling depth

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

semant9 variantssirops9 variantsrasant9 variantsTrudel9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list