# mercer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɝsɚ/ · frequency rank #15,659

## Definitions
1. A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman marcer, mercer (“merchant, textile merchant”), from merz (“commodity”) (from Latin merx).

## Easily confused with
- **mere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-mere)
- **mercy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-mercy)
- **meter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-meter)
- **merge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-merge)
- **Meyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-meyer)
- **merch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-merch)
- **merle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-merle)
- **merci** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-merci)
- **murder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-murder)
- **merger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-merger)
- **Merkel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-merkel)
- **Mercia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-mercia)
- **Mersey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-mersey)
- **Messer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-messer)
- **mercury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-mercury)
- **Mercier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-mercier)
- **Merc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merc-vs-mercer)
- **meer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meer-vs-mercer)
- **Meier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meier-vs-mercer)
- **member** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/member-vs-mercer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`emrcer`, `mecrer`, `merccer`, `mercerr`, `mercre`, `merecr`, `merrcer`, `mmercer`, `mrecer`

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