# merge

> English word · Verb · IPA /mɜːd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #10,400

## Definitions
1. To combine into a whole.
2. To blend gradually into something else.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”).

## Easily confused with
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-more)
- **mire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-mire)
- **MERS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-mers)
- **Merv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-merv)
- **merit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-merit)
- **merry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-merry)
- **metre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-metre)
- **Morse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-morse)
- **Meryl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-meryl)
- **merle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-merle)
- **midge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-midge)
- **merger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-merger)
- **Merkel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-merkel)
- **mirage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-mirage)
- **morgue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-morgue)
- **Mersey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-mersey)
- **mer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mer-vs-merge)
- **mee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mee-vs-merge)
- **mere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mere-vs-merge)
- **mega** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mega-vs-merge)

## Common misspellings (7)
`emrge`, `megre`, `mereg`, `mergge`, `merrge`, `mmerge`, `mrege`

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