merchvsmerciTell them apart

Quick tell: merch is a noun, merci is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“merch” is a noun and “merci” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,807
“merch” frequency rank
#21,695
“merci” frequency rank
56502
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature merch merci
Definition Tochter Wort, das man benutzt, um seinen Dank auszudrücken

Letter map: merch vs merci

Shared letters muted; letters that set merch and merci apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
merch
5 ch
merci

Role in the sentence - merch and merci

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: merch is anoun and mercianintj. On the page they differ by a single letter - h in “merch” becomes i in “merci”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

merch is recorded at frequency rank #34,807, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. merci is at rank #21,695, tagged as anintj, pronounced [mɛʁˈsiː].

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 56502, this pair ranks #937,672 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of merch vs merci

Shared letters: cemr. Private to "merch": h. Private to "merci": i.

"merch" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "merci" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • merchemrch · mecrh · mercch · merchh · merhc · merrch · mmerch · mrech
  • merciemrci · mecri · mercci · meric · merrci · mmerci · mreci

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "merch" for "merci" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "merch" is a noun and "merci" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "merch" or "merci" show up more?
"merci" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,695 in our German list, against #34,807 for "merch". 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 "merch" and "merci".

  • Full dictionary entry for "merch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "merci" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #937,672 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "merch" and "merci" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "merch vs puzzles". 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 #937,672 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list