mercerie

\mɛʁ.sə.ʁi\

/\mɛʁ.sə.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“mercerie” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,891. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,891
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Terme collectif par lequel on désigne les diverses marchandises qui servent pour l’habillement et la parure, comme le fil, les aiguilles, les épingles, les rubans, etc. Mais aussi des armes, des co...

Corpus desk

Index FR-mercerie · mercerie · French

mercerie · rank #46,891 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,891
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH minarets

Nearest frequency peer: minarets (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mercerie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mercerie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

mercerie vs Mercure
63% similar
mercerie vs Mercer
63% similar

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

Key facts for mercerie
PropertyValue
Headwordmercerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛʁ.sə.ʁi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#46,891
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mercerie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.merceriese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « minarets » (#46,892), « meaning » (#46,889), « minotaure » (#46,893). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mercerie » est au #46,891. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mercerie (IPA \mɛʁ.sə.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,891 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mercerie, with forms such as "emrcerie", "mecrerie", and "merccerie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Mercure", "Mercer", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mercerie, spelled M-E-R-C-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Terme collectif par lequel on désigne les diverses marchandises qui servent pour l’habillement et la parure, comme le fil, les aiguilles, les épingles, les rubans, etc. Mais aussi des armes, des couteaux, des métaux, des bijoux, des parures, pièces d'ameublement, des cuirs, des étoffes…
  2. 2
    Échoppe, magasin ou boutique où s’exerce ce commerce.
  3. 3
    Magasin de vêtements pour hommes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mercerie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les produits viennent surtout naturellement des grandes régions de l’industrie textile : Mulhouse pour les tissus de coton et la mercerie, le Nord pour les lainages, Troyes pour la bonneterie.
  2. Le naufragé de la quatre-voies de Saint-Appoline, […], redevient peu à peu Michu, Raoul Michu, un représentant en mercerie soudainement en mal de romantisme, par une belle après-midi de juin.

Synonyms

chemiserie

This word in other languages

haberdashery(English)mercería(Español)Galanterie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrcerie
  • mecrerie
  • merccerie
  • merceire
  • mercerei
  • mercerrie
  • mercreie
  • merecrie
  • merrcerie
  • mmercerie
  • mrecerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mercerie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

emrcerie2mecrerie2merccerie1merceire2mercerei2mercerrie1mercreie2merecrie2
Edit distance from "mercerie"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mercerie"?
"mercerie" is spelled M-E-R-C-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛʁ.sə.ʁi\.
What does "mercerie" mean?
As a noun, "mercerie" means: Terme collectif par lequel on désigne les diverses marchandises qui servent pour l’habillement et la parure, comme le fil, les aiguilles, les épingles, les rubans, etc. Mais aussi des armes, des co...
What words are commonly confused with "mercerie"?
"mercerie" is commonly confused with "Mercure", "Mercer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mercerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mercerie" is \mɛʁ.sə.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mercerie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

minarets#46,892Miroslav#46,894Mannheim#46,881navigant#46,910

Similar misspelling depth

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

leggings11 variantsocclusion11 variantsoffusquer11 variantsLamarck11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list