# mercy vs Morty

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mercy
*noun · IPA /ˈmɜːsi/ · frequency rank #4,691*
Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.

### Morty
*name · frequency rank #24,834*
A short form of the male given names Mortimer and Morton.

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