MERCOSUR

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The verdict

“MERCOSUR” is uncommon German (frequency #77,062 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,062
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organisation, die einen Binnenmarkt mit mehreren Staaten in Südamerika schafft

Corpus desk

Index DE-mercosur · MERCOSUR · German

MERCOSUR · rank #77,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,062
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Meiers

Nearest frequency peer: Meiers (-2 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 „MERCOSUR“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „MERCOSUR“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for MERCOSUR
PropertyValue
HeadwordMERCOSUR
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#77,062
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „MERCOSUR“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).MERCOSURfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Meiers“ (#77,060), „Messerangriff“ (#77,064), „mehrstufigen“ (#77,059). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „MERCOSUR“ bei #77,062. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

MERCOSUR is uncommon German at frequency #77,062 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Organisation, die einen Binnenmarkt mit mehreren Staaten in Südamerika schafft".

MERCOSUR doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is MERCOSUR, spelled M-E-R-C-O-S-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organisation, die einen Binnenmarkt mit mehreren Staaten in Südamerika schafft

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 "MERCOSUR"?
"MERCOSUR" is spelled M-E-R-C-O-S-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "MERCOSUR" mean?
As a proper noun, "MERCOSUR" means: Organisation, die einen Binnenmarkt mit mehreren Staaten in Südamerika schafft
How do you pronounce "MERCOSUR"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "MERCOSUR" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "MERCOSUR" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list