Mercure

[mɛʁ.kyʁ]

/[mɛʁ.kyʁ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Mercure” is uncommon German (frequency #58,089 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,089
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Merkur (Planet)

Corpus desk

Index DE-mercure · Mercure · German

Mercure · rank #58,089 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,089
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mehrtägige

Nearest frequency peer: mehrtägige (-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 „Mercure“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mercure
PropertyValue
HeadwordMercure
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mɛʁ.kyʁ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,089
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mercure“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mehrtägige“ (#58,088), „messages“ (#58,090), „mehre“ (#58,087). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mercure“ bei #58,089. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mercure is uncommon German at frequency #58,089 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɛʁ.kyʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Mercure in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mercure, spelled M-E-R-C-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Merkur (Planet)
  2. 2
    Merkur (römischer Gott)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mercure est la planète la plus proche du Soleil.

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 "Mercure"?
"Mercure" is spelled M-E-R-C-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [mɛʁ.kyʁ].
What does "Mercure" mean?
As a noun, "Mercure" means: Merkur (Planet)
How do you pronounce "Mercure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mercure" is [mɛʁ.kyʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mercure" come from?
"Mercure" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Maibaum#58,072legales#58,049Ostteil#58,147Palmyra#58,153

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list