servait
\sɛʁ.vɛ\
The verdict
“servait” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,038. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,038
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de servir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-servait · servait · French
servait · rank #8,038 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,038
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sentier
Nearest frequency peer: sentier (-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 « servait »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- répondant
répondant
91,966 corpus weight
- révolutionn…
révolutionnaires
91,965 corpus weight
- sentier
sentier
91,964 corpus weight
- servait
servait
91,963 corpus weight
- smartphones
smartphones
91,962 corpus weight
- sortait
sortait
91,961 corpus weight
What this shows « servait » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | servait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sɛʁ.vɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « servait »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around servait (IPA \sɛʁ.vɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,038 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de servir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for servait, with forms such as "esrvait", "seravit", and "serrvait". 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, "servi", "servir", "servis", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is servait, spelled S-E-R-V-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de servir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how servait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il servait principalement de station aux détachements qui accompagnaient les convois de pelleteries venus du lac du Grand-Ours situé à près de trois cents milles dans le nord-ouest.
François Iᵉʳ signa et apposa le sceau particulier dont il se servait pour authentiquer les pièces secrètes.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esrvait
- seravit
- serrvait
- servaitt
- servati
- serviat
- servvait
- sevrait
- srevait
- sservait
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of servait - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "servait", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).