# Mersey

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈməːzi/ · frequency rank #44,336

## Definitions
1. A river in England that flows for about 113 km (70 mi) to the Irish Sea at Liverpool.

## Etymology
From Old English mæres ēa (“boundary river”).

## Easily confused with
- **messy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mersey-vs-messy)
- **Morse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mersey-vs-morse)
- **Morley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mersey-vs-morley)
- **Messer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mersey-vs-messer)
- **morsel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mersey-vs-morsel)
- **mere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mere-vs-mersey)
- **MERS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mers-vs-mersey)
- **mercy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercy-vs-mersey)
- **merry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merry-vs-mersey)
- **merge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merge-vs-mersey)
- **merle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merle-vs-mersey)
- **merely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merely-vs-mersey)
- **merger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merger-vs-mersey)
- **mercer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mercer-vs-mersey)
- **Marley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marley-vs-mersey)
- **Merkel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merkel-vs-mersey)
- **medley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medley-vs-mersey)
- **Massey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/massey-vs-mersey)
- **Merced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merced-vs-mersey)
- **measly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/measly-vs-mersey)

## Common misspellings (9)
`emrsey`, `meresy`, `merrsey`, `merseyy`, `merssey`, `mersye`, `mesrey`, `mmersey`, `mresey`

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