serem

//ˈse.ɾẽ// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#812

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

serem is aPortugueseverb. It means: terceira pessoa do plural do infinitivo pessoal do verbo ser: Pronounced /ˈse.ɾẽ/. It ranks #812 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with sete and Sure.

Key facts for serem
PropertyValue
Headwordserem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈse.ɾẽ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#812
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of serem in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for serem is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈse.ɾẽ/. Corpus data places it at rank #812 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "terceira pessoa do plural do infinitivo pessoal do verbo ser:".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for serem, with forms such as "esrem", "seerm", and "seremm". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sete", "Sure", "sire", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is serem, spelled S-E-R-E-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do plural do infinitivo pessoal do verbo ser:

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esrem,seerm,seremm,serme,serrem,sreem,sserem

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for serem

Misspelling Variants of "serem"

esrem5seerm5seremm6serme5serrem6sreem5sserem6
Misspelling Variants of "serem"

Frequency rank: #812 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "serem"?
"serem" is spelled S-E-R-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈse.ɾẽ/.
What does "serem" mean?
As a verb, "serem" means: terceira pessoa do plural do infinitivo pessoal do verbo ser:
What words are commonly confused with "serem"?
"serem" is commonly confused with "sete", "Sure", "sire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "serem"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "serem" is /ˈse.ɾẽ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "serem" come from?
"serem" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.