sermos

/ˈseɾ.mus/

//ˈseɾ.mus// verb

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The verdict

“sermos” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,579
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - primeira pessoa do plural do infinitivo pessoal do verbo ser.

Corpus desk

Index PT-sermos · sermos · Portuguese

sermos · rank #5,579 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,579
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sonhar

Nearest frequency peer: sonhar (+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 “sermos”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sermos” 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).

sermos vs somos
67% similar
sermos vs servo
67% similar
sermos vs sério
50% similar

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

Key facts for sermos
PropertyValue
Headwordsermos
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈseɾ.mus/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,579
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sermos”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).sermoscai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sonhar” (#5,580), “roubado” (#5,576), “trajetória” (#5,582). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sermos” fica em #5,579. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sermos (IPA /ˈseɾ.mus/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,579 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "primeira pessoa do plural do infinitivo pessoal do verbo ser.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sermos, with forms such as "esrmos", "semros", and "sermmos". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "somos", "servo", "sério", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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. The correct Portuguese form is sermos, spelled S-E-R-M-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    primeira pessoa do plural do infinitivo pessoal do verbo ser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esrmos
  • semros
  • sermmos
  • sermoss
  • sermso
  • seroms
  • serrmos
  • sremos
  • ssermos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esrmos2semros2sermmos1sermoss1sermso2seroms2serrmos1sremos2
Edit distance from "sermos"

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 "sermos"?
"sermos" is spelled S-E-R-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈseɾ.mus/.
What does "sermos" mean?
As a verb, "sermos" means: primeira pessoa do plural do infinitivo pessoal do verbo ser.
What words are commonly confused with "sermos"?
"sermos" is commonly confused with "somos", "servo", "sério". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sermos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sermos" is /ˈseɾ.mus/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sermos" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sonhar#5,580queixa#5,574virada#5,588bacana#5,600

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

roubado9 variantsalgodão9 variantsmortal9 variantslivrar9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list