mercilessly
/ˈmɜːsɪləslɪ/
"mercilessly" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mercilessly” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,079
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a merciless manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mercilessly · mercilessly · English
mercilessly · rank #32,079 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #32,079
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mending
Nearest frequency peer: mending (-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 “mercilessly”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- matrimony
matrimony
67,926 corpus weight
- mending
mending
67,923 corpus weight
- mercilessly
mercilessly
67,922 corpus weight
- meteorologi…
meteorologist
67,921 corpus weight
- microproces…
microprocessor
67,920 corpus weight
- midweek
midweek
67,919 corpus weight
What this shows “mercilessly” 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 | mercilessly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈmɜːsɪləslɪ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #32,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mercilessly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around mercilessly (IPA /ˈmɜːsɪləslɪ/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #32,079 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a merciless manner.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for mercilessly, with forms such as "emrcilessly", "mecrilessly", and "merccilessly". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "merciless", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From merciless + -ly. The correct English form is mercilessly, spelled M-E-R-C-I-L-E-S-S-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a merciless manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mercilessly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She mercilessly read off the list of his wrongs in front of their friends.
Therefore he whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck[.]
Etymology
From merciless + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emrcilessly
- mecrilessly
- merccilessly
- mercielssly
- mercileslsy
- mercilesly
- mercilesslly
- mercilesslyy
- mercilessyl
- mercillessly
- mercilsesly
- mercliessly
- mericlessly
- merrcilessly
- mmercilessly
- mrecilessly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mercilessly - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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