series

//ˈse.ɾjes// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,113

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

series is aPortuguesenoun. It means: forma plural de serie Pronounced /ˈse.ɾjes/. It ranks #8,113 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with sério and sermos.

Key facts for series
PropertyValue
Headwordseries
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈse.ɾjes/
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,113
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for series is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈse.ɾjes/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,113 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "forma plural de serie".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for series, with forms such as "esries", "seires", and "seriess". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "sério", "sermos", "serious", 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 series, spelled S-E-R-I-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    forma plural de serie

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esries,seires,seriess,serise,serries,sreies,sseries

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for series

Misspelling Variants of "series"

esries6seires6seriess7serise6serries7sreies6sseries7
Misspelling Variants of "series"

Frequency rank: #8,113 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "series"?
"series" is spelled S-E-R-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈse.ɾjes/.
What does "series" mean?
As a noun, "series" means: forma plural de serie
What words are commonly confused with "series"?
"series" is commonly confused with "sério", "sermos", "serious". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "series"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "series" is /ˈse.ɾjes/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "series" come from?
"series" 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.