merger
merg·er/ˈmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/noun
merger is spelled M-E-R-G-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (merg·er). It appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, merger means “One that merges” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of merger is mergers.
How many letters and syllables are in merger?
| Letters | 6: M-E-R-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: merg·er |
| In writing | 9.3 times per million words; the 7,445th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is merger?
Merger appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce merger?
- UK /ˈmɜː.d͡ʒə/
- US /ˈmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/
Merger has 2 syllables, split merg·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-merger.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with merger?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as merger from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹdʒəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of merger
- mergers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does merger mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One that merges.
- 2
The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.
Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half
- 3
The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
- 4
An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.
- 5
A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.
the cot-caught merger
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Merger in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fusionnement, fusion |
| German | Verschmelzung, Fusion, Zusammenfügung , Firmenzusammenschluss, Zusammenschluss |
| Portuguese | fusão |
| Spanish | mersión, mergimiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does merger come from?
From merge + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).