mercator
[merˈkaːtor]
The verdict
“mercator” is uncommon German (frequency #63,558 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,558
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Handel betreibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-mercator · mercator · German
mercator · rank #63,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,558
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH menschenleer
Nearest frequency peer: menschenleer (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „mercator“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Marstall
Marstall
36,449 corpus weight
- Matz
Matz
36,447 corpus weight
- menschenleer
menschenleer
36,444 corpus weight
- mercator
mercator
36,443 corpus weight
- Merlins
Merlins
36,441 corpus weight
- Metals
Metals
36,440 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „mercator“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mercator |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [merˈkaːtor] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mercator“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mercator is uncommon German at frequency #63,558 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [merˈkaːtor]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mercator in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is mercator, spelled M-E-R-C-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die Handel betreibt
- 2Käufer, Ankäufer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mercator appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„mercatorem autem strenuum studiosumque rei quaerendae existimo, verum, ut supra dixi, periculosum et calamitosum.“ (Cato, agr., pr. 3)
„horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae, propterea quod a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea, quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent, inportant proximique sunt Germanis, qui trans Rhenum incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt.“ (Caes. Gall. 1,1,3)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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