sereia

noun

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The verdict

“sereia” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,967. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,967
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ser mitológico, metade peixe, metade mulher, cujo canto atraía navegantes para o fundo do mar

Corpus desk

Index PT-sereia · sereia · Portuguese

sereia · rank #11,967 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,967
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH Senegal

Nearest frequency peer: Senegal (-3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “sereia”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “sereia” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

sereia vs seria
83% similar
sereia vs série
50% similar
sereia vs sério
50% similar

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

Key facts for sereia
PropertyValue
Headwordsereia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,967
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sereia”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sereiacai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Senegal” (#11,964), “secos” (#11,961), “solicitado” (#11,973). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sereia” fica em #11,967. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around sereia, anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,967 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sereia, with forms such as "esreia", "seeria", and "sereai". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "seria", "série", "sério", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 Portuguese form is sereia, spelled S-E-R-E-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ser mitológico, metade peixe, metade mulher, cujo canto atraía navegantes para o fundo do mar
  2. 2
    mulher fisicamente sedutora

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mesmo assim, podemos imaginar Sayyd se barricando dentro da sua cabine enquanto, do outro lado da porta, a sereia entoa seu canto.

This word in other languages

siren(English)sirena(Español)sirène(Français)Sirene(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esreia
  • seeria
  • sereai
  • seriea
  • serreia
  • sreeia
  • ssereia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esreia2seeria2sereai2seriea2serreia1sreeia2ssereia1
Edit distance from "sereia"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sereia"?
"sereia" is spelled S-E-R-E-I-A.
What does "sereia" mean?
As a noun, "sereia" means: ser mitológico, metade peixe, metade mulher, cujo canto atraía navegantes para o fundo do mar
What words are commonly confused with "sereia"?
"sereia" is commonly confused with "seria", "série", "sério". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sereia" come from?
"sereia" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sabido#11,960traçar#11,976violar#11,978always#11,989

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

secos7 variantsrenal7 variantsbelga7 variantsoptar7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list