serviço

//sɨɾ.ˈvi.su// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#528

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

serviço is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o ato de servir Pronounced /sɨɾ.ˈvi.su/. It ranks #528 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with servo and sérvio.

Key facts for serviço
PropertyValue
Headwordserviço
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɨɾ.ˈvi.su/
Letters7
Frequency rank#528
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for serviço is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɨɾ.ˈvi.su/. Corpus data places it at rank #528 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for serviço, with forms such as "esrviço", "serivço", and "serrviço". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "servo", "sérvio", "servil", 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 serviço, spelled S-E-R-V-I-Ç-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    o ato de servir
  2. 2
    o processo de atender aos clientes (como por exemplo, num hotel ou restaurante)
  3. 3
    a condição ou trabalho de um serviçal
  4. 4
    suprimento público regular de algo, como por exemplo transporte
  5. 5
    celebração de atos religiosos
  6. 6
    em certos jogos, tais como tênis, pingue-pongue, etc., o saque ou série de saques
  7. 7
    um departamento governamental ou de trabalhos públicos
  8. 8
    conjunto de pratos, talheres, etc para serem usados à mesa
  9. 9
    trabalho de curta duração
  10. 10
    ato ou desempenho intangível oferecido por uma parte a outra; é um benefício que os clientes obtêm pela realização da atividade desejada ou pelo uso de um bem físico; são mudanças ocorridas em nome ou no próprio cliente
  11. 11
    num restaurante, aquilo que se serve antes da refeição principal
  12. 12
    porcentagem que se paga sobre a conta em hotéis, restaurantes etc., destinado à gratificação do pessoal

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esrviço,serivço,serrviço,servioç,servviço,servçio,sevriço,sreviço,sserviço

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for serviço

Misspelling Variants of "serviço"

esrviço7serivço7serrviço8servioç7servviço8servçio7sevriço7sreviço7
Misspelling Variants of "serviço"

Frequency rank: #528 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "serviço"?
"serviço" is spelled S-E-R-V-I-Ç-O. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨɾ.ˈvi.su/.
What does "serviço" mean?
As a noun, "serviço" means: o ato de servir
What words are commonly confused with "serviço"?
"serviço" is commonly confused with "servo", "sérvio", "servil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "serviço"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "serviço" is /sɨɾ.ˈvi.su/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "serviço" come from?
"serviço" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.