senovsservoConfusable pair

Quick tell: seno is a noun, servo is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“seno” is a noun and “servo” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,110
“seno” frequency rank
#10,270
“servo” frequency rank
58380
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature seno servo
Definition em relação a um dos ângulos agudos de um triângulo retângulo, é o resultado da divisão do valor do cateto oposto a este ângulo pelo valor da hipotenusa tomar conta, guardar.

Where the eye mixes seno and servo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
seno
5 ch
servo

Look-alike desk: seno vs servo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: seno is /ˈsenu/ while servo is /ˈser.woː/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

seno is recorded at frequency rank #48,110, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsenu/. servo is at rank #10,270, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈser.woː/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 58380, this pair ranks #8,774 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of seno vs servo

Shared letters: eos. Private to "seno": n. Private to "servo": rv.

"seno" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "servo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • senoesno · senno · seon · sneo · sseno
  • servoesrvo · serov · serrvo · servvo · sevro · srevo · sservo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "seno" for "servo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "seno" is a noun and "servo" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "seno" or "servo"?
"servo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,270 in our Portuguese list, against #48,110 for "seno". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "seno" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "servo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,774 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "seno" and "servo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seno vs sueño". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #8,774 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list