# marched vs Merced

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### marched
*verb · IPA /mɑɹt͡ʃt/ · frequency rank #10,395*
simple past and past participle of march

### Merced
*name · IPA /mɜːrˈsɛd/ · frequency rank #34,588*
A surname.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marched-vs-merced