serro
/ˈser.roː/, /ˈsɛr.roː/
The verdict
“serro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,411 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,411
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - serrar
Corpus desk
Index PT-serro · serro · Portuguese
serro · rank #59,411 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,411
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH shaman
Nearest frequency peer: shaman (+4 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “serro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- savoir
savoir
40,598 corpus weight
- serro
serro
40,590 corpus weight
- shaman
shaman
40,586 corpus weight
- sovaco
sovaco
40,577 corpus weight
- sumamente
sumamente
40,572 corpus weight
- séquito
séquito
40,570 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “serro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | serro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈser.roː/, /ˈsɛr.roː/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “serro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
serro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,411 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈser.roː/, /ˈsɛr.roː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "serrar".
No generated misspelling entries exist for serro in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is serro, spelled S-E-R-R-O.
Definition
- 1serrar
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.
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