servidorvsservidoresConfusable pair

Quick tell: servidor is a noun, servidores is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“servidor” is a noun and “servidores” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,764
“servidor” frequency rank
#4,857
“servidores” frequency rank
9621
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature servidor servidores
Definition aquele que serve; lacaio, serviçal plural de servidor

Letter map: servidor vs servidores

Shared letters muted; letters that set servidor and servidores apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. servidor runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against servidores's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
servidor
10 ch
servidores

Part-of-speech tell for servidor / servidores

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: servidor is anoun and servidoresanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “servidor” sits inside “servidores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

servidor is recorded at frequency rank #4,764, classified as anoun. servidores is at rank #4,857, tagged as anadj.

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 9621, this pair ranks #63,752 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of servidor vs servidores

Shared letters: deiorsv. Private to "servidor": -. Private to "servidores": -.

"servidor" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "servidores" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • servidor ← esrvidor · serivdor · serrvidor · servdior · serviddor · servidorr · servidro · serviodr
  • servidores ← esrvidores · serivdores · serrvidores · servdiores · serviddores · servidoers · servidoress · servidorres

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "servidor" for "servidores" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "servidor" is a noun and "servidores" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "servidor" vs "servidores" - which ranks higher?
"servidor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,764 in our Portuguese list, against #4,857 for "servidores". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "servidor" and "servidores".

  • Full dictionary entry for "servidor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "servidores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,752 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "servidor" and "servidores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "servidão vs servidor". 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 #63,752 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