mers
/mɝz/noun
mers is spelled M-E-R-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mers means “plural of mer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mers?
| Letters | 4: M-E-R-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 mers?
Mers appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 mers?
- US /mɝz/
- UK /mɜːz/
Mers has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with mers?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mers from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹz/):
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).
What does mers mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of mer
noun
- 1
Acronym of Middle East respiratory syndrome.
- 2
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
noun
- 1
Acronym of Middle East respiratory syndrome, also MERS.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).