# Merced vs Mercedes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Mercedes
*name · IPA /məˈseɪdiz/ · frequency rank #7,362*
A female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Mercy occasionally borrowed from Spanish.

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