merci

[mɛʁˈsiː]

/[mɛʁˈsiː]/ intj

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The verdict

“merci” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,695. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,695
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort, das man benutzt, um seinen Dank auszudrücken

Corpus desk

Index DE-merci · merci · German

merci · rank #21,695 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,695
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH meldeten

Nearest frequency peer: meldeten (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „merci“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „merci“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

merci vs merk
60% similar
merci vs mori
60% similar
merci vs merkt
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for merci
PropertyValue
Headwordmerci
LanguageGerman
Part of speechInterjection
IPA[mɛʁˈsiː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#21,695
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „merci“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).merciliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „meldeten“ (#21,694), „Meetings“ (#21,693), „missen“ (#21,697). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „merci“ bei #21,695. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around merci (IPA [mɛʁˈsiː]), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #21,695 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Wort, das man benutzt, um seinen Dank auszudrücken".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for merci, with forms such as "emrci", "mecri", and "mercci". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "merk", "mori", "merkt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is merci, spelled M-E-R-C-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wort, das man benutzt, um seinen Dank auszudrücken

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how merci appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Merci für das Wiktionary!

This word in other languages

thank you(English)merci(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrci
  • mecri
  • mercci
  • meric
  • merrci
  • mmerci
  • mreci

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of merci - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emrci2mecri2mercci1meric2merrci1mmerci1mreci2
Edit distance from "merci"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "merci"?
"merci" is spelled M-E-R-C-I. The IPA pronunciation is [mɛʁˈsiː].
What does "merci" mean?
As an interjection, "merci" means: Wort, das man benutzt, um seinen Dank auszudrücken
What words are commonly confused with "merci"?
"merci" is commonly confused with "merk", "mori", "merkt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "merci"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "merci" is [mɛʁˈsiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "merci" come from?
"merci" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "merci", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mandy#21,688mahnt#21,687notes#21,718raste#21,741

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Koller7 variantsrollte7 variantsround7 variantsgrabe7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list