Which to use
“serviço” and “servidor” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #528
- “serviço” frequency rank
- #4,764
- “servidor” frequency rank
- 5292
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | serviço | servidor |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o ato de servir | aquele que serve; lacaio, serviçal |
Letter map: serviço vs servidor
Shared letters muted; letters that set serviço and servidor apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Pair insight - serviço / servidor
serviço and servidor are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5292, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
serviço is recorded at frequency rank #528, classified as anoun, pronounced /sɨɾ.ˈvi.su/. servidor is at rank #4,764, tagged as anoun.
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 5292, this pair ranks #69,353 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of serviço vs servidor
Shared letters: eiorsv. Private to "serviço": ç. Private to "servidor": d.
"serviço" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "servidor" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- servidor ← esrvidor · serivdor · serrvidor · servdior · serviddor · servidorr · servidro · serviodr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "serviço" for "servidor" ever safe?
Frequency check: "serviço" vs "servidor" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "serviço" vs "servidor" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "serviço" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "servidor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,353 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "serviço" and "servidor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "serviçal vs serviço". 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 #69,353 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.