mercería
[meɾseˈɾia]
The verdict
“mercería” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,111 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,111
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trato y comercio de cosas menudas y de poco valor o entidad; como alfileres, botones, cintas, etc.
Corpus desk
Index ES-merceria · mercería · Spanish
mercería · rank #72,111 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,111
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH melancólicos
Nearest frequency peer: melancólicos (-2 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “mercería”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- mecos
mecos
27,896 corpus weight
- meets
meets
27,894 corpus weight
- melancólicos
melancólicos
27,892 corpus weight
- mercería
mercería
27,890 corpus weight
- Mesta
Mesta
27,888 corpus weight
- miedosos
miedosos
27,884 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mercería” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mercería |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meɾseˈɾia] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mercería” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mercería is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,111 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [meɾseˈɾia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for mercería in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is mercería, spelled M-E-R-C-E-R-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Trato y comercio de cosas menudas y de poco valor o entidad; como alfileres, botones, cintas, etc.
- 2Conjunto de artículos de esta clase.
- 3Tienda en la que se venden dichos artículos.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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