mercenario
\mer.t͡ʃe.ˈna.rjo\
The verdict
“mercenario” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mercenaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mercenario · mercenario · French
mercenario · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mercenario |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mer.t͡ʃe.ˈna.rjo\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mercenario » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mercenario is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mer.t͡ʃe.ˈna.rjo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mercenaire.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mercenario, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mercenario, spelled M-E-R-C-E-N-A-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Mercenaire.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.