mercer
/ˈmɝsɚ/
"mercer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mercer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,659. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,659
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mercer · mercer · English
mercer · rank #15,659 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,659
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH memorandum
Nearest frequency peer: memorandum (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “mercer”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- mater
mater
84,346 corpus weight
- Maureen
Maureen
84,345 corpus weight
- memorandum
memorandum
84,343 corpus weight
- mercer
mercer
84,342 corpus weight
- mermaid
mermaid
84,341 corpus weight
- Miriam
Miriam
84,339 corpus weight
What this shows “mercer” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mercer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɝsɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mercer”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around mercer (IPA /ˈmɝsɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,659 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mercer, with forms such as "emrcer", "mecrer", and "merccer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mere", "mercy", "meter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Anglo-Norman marcer, mercer (“merchant, textile merchant”), from merz (“commodity”) (from Latin merx). The correct English form is mercer, spelled M-E-R-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mercer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
... Acolastus-Polypragmon-Asotus, is here present (by the help of his mercer, tailor, milliner, sempster, and so forth) at his designed hour...
He passed, dallying, the windows of Brown Thomas, silk mercers.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman marcer, mercer (“merchant, textile merchant”), from merz (“commodity”) (from Latin merx).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emrcer
- mecrer
- merccer
- mercerr
- mercre
- merecr
- merrcer
- mmercer
- mrecer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mercer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).