mereces

[meˈɾeses]

/[meˈɾeses]/ verb

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The verdict

“mereces” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,839. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,839
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de merecer o de merecerse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mereces · mereces · Spanish

mereces · rank #8,839 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,839
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mercurio

Nearest frequency peer: Mercurio (-1 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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “mereces”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “mereces” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mereces vs merecía
71% similar
mereces vs mereció
71% similar
mereces vs merecías
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mereces
PropertyValue
Headwordmereces
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[meˈɾeses]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,839
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “mereces”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.merecescae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Mercurio” (#8,838), “milenio” (#8,840), “medianoche” (#8,837). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mereces” va en #8,839. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mereces (IPA [meˈɾeses]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,839 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de merecer o de merecerse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mereces, with forms such as "emreces", "meerces", and "mercees". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "merecía", "mereció", "merecías", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is mereces, spelled M-E-R-E-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de merecer o de merecerse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emreces
  • meerces
  • mercees
  • merecces
  • merecess
  • merecse
  • mereecs
  • mereses
  • merreces
  • mmereces
  • mreeces

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mereces - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emreces2meerces2mercees2merecces1merecess1merecse2mereecs2mereses1
Edit distance from "mereces"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mereces"?
"mereces" is spelled M-E-R-E-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [meˈɾeses].
What does "mereces" mean?
As a verb, "mereces" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de merecer o de merecerse.
What words are commonly confused with "mereces"?
"mereces" is commonly confused with "merecía", "mereció", "merecías". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mereces"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mereces" is [meˈɾeses]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mereces" come from?
"mereces" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mereces", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

milenio#8,840limpias#8,831pierdes#8,850Jamaica#8,827

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Mercurio11 variantsperiodos11 variantspodíamos11 variantsprendas11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list