# Mercedes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /məˈseɪdiz/ · frequency rank #7,362

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Mercy occasionally borrowed from Spanish.
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## Etymology
From Spanish Mercedes (Mary, Our Lady of Mercy). The car was named for Mercédès Jellinek, the daughter of Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek who ordered 36 cars from Gottlieb Daimler.

## Easily confused with
- **Merced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merced-vs-mercedes)

## Common misspellings (12)
`emrcedes`, `mecredes`, `merccedes`, `mercdees`, `merceddes`, `mercedess`, `mercedse`, `merceeds`, `merecdes`, `merrcedes`, `mmercedes`, `mrecedes`

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