sério

/ˈsɛ.ɾju/

//ˈsɛ.ɾju// adj

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The verdict

“sério” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #544. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#544
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que demonstra profundo pensar

Corpus desk

Index PT-serio · sério · Portuguese

sério · rank #544 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #544
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH situação

Nearest frequency peer: situação (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “sério”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sério” 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).

sério vs Sri
40% similar
sério vs sexo
40% similar
sério vs serra
40% similar

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

Key facts for sério
PropertyValue
Headwordsério
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈsɛ.ɾju/
Letters5
Frequency rank#544
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sério”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).sériocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “situação” (#543), “seis” (#542), “via” (#546). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sério” fica em #544. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around sério (IPA /ˈsɛ.ɾju/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #544 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sério, with forms such as "sréio", "ssério", and "séiro". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sri", "sexo", "serra", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is sério, spelled S-É-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que demonstra profundo pensar
  2. 2
    de disposição, maneira ou caráter grave, sóbrio
  3. 3
    que denota sinceridade, não de brincadeira
  4. 4
    que requer pensamento, concentração, aplicação
  5. 5
    importante, considerável
  6. 6
    que dá motivo a apreensão
  7. 7
    que tem sinais vitais anormais ou instáveis e outros fatores desfavoráveis (se diz da situação de um paciente)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Porque esta cara assim tão séria?
  2. Ana é uma mulher séria.

Synonyms

comedidograveimportantesisudosóbrio

This word in other languages

earnest(English)serio(Español)sérieux(Français)ernst(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sréio
  • ssério
  • séiro
  • séroi
  • sérrio
  • ésrio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sério - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

sréio2ssério1séiro2séroi2sérrio1ésrio2
Edit distance from "sério"

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 "sério"?
"sério" is spelled S-É-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsɛ.ɾju/.
What does "sério" mean?
As an adjective, "sério" means: que demonstra profundo pensar
What words are commonly confused with "sério"?
"sério" is commonly confused with "Sri", "sexo", "serra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sério"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sério" is /ˈsɛ.ɾju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sério" come from?
"sério" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

carro#550olhos#538livre#535festa#554

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

irmão6 variantsúnico6 variantsouvir6 variantsidade6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list