serra

noun

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The verdict

“serra” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,450. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,450
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrumento de lâmina de aço dentada e comprida para cortar madeira e outros materiais

Corpus desk

Index PT-serra · serra · Portuguese

serra · rank #1,450 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,450
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH solo

Nearest frequency peer: solo (+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 “serra”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “serra” 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).

serra vs seta
60% similar
serra vs sexta
60% similar
serra vs Síria
40% similar

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

Key facts for serra
PropertyValue
Headwordserra
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,450
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “serra”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).serracai 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 “solo” (#1,451), “referência” (#1,448), “tradicional” (#1,452). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “serra” fica em #1,450. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around serra, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,450 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for serra, with forms such as "esrra", "sera", and "serar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "seta", "sexta", "Síria", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 serra, spelled S-E-R-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    instrumento de lâmina de aço dentada e comprida para cortar madeira e outros materiais
  2. 2
    o ato de serrar
  3. 3
    muitas montanhas ligadas umas às outras

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Os bandidos abriram o caixa com uma serra e usaram um laptop com um programa que faz o caixa expelir as cédulas.
  2. De Santos, canções de Renato Borgomoni sobem a serra e são mostradas sexta e sábado em São Paulo.

This word in other languages

saw(English)sierra(Español)scie(Français)Säge(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esrra
  • sera
  • serar
  • srera
  • sserra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esrra2sera1serar2srera2sserra1
Edit distance from "serra"

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 "serra"?
"serra" is spelled S-E-R-R-A.
What does "serra" mean?
As a noun, "serra" means: instrumento de lâmina de aço dentada e comprida para cortar madeira e outros materiais
What words are commonly confused with "serra"?
"serra" is commonly confused with "seta", "sexta", "Síria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "serra" come from?
"serra" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

obter#1,442nisso#1,441dança#1,462cheio#1,424

Similar misspelling depth

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

solo5 variantsmata5 variantsfrio5 variantstiro5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list