mercier
\mɛʁ.sje\
The verdict
“mercier” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,198. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,198
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Membre de la mercerie, corps qui importait des marchandises d’orient.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mercier · mercier · French
mercier · rank #12,198 · 10 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,198
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH maternel
Nearest frequency peer: maternel (-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 « mercier »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- map
map
87,806 corpus weight
- masculins
masculins
87,805 corpus weight
- maternel
maternel
87,804 corpus weight
- mercier
mercier
87,803 corpus weight
- miséricorde
miséricorde
87,802 corpus weight
- Mozart
Mozart
87,801 corpus weight
What this shows « mercier » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mercier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛʁ.sje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,198 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mercier »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around mercier (IPA \mɛʁ.sje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,198 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mercier, with forms such as "emrcier", "mecrier", and "merccier". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "métier", "mercis", "mériter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mercier, spelled M-E-R-C-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Membre de la mercerie, corps qui importait des marchandises d’orient.
- 2Marchand ambulant vendant toutes sortes de marchandises et de colifichets.
- 3Vendeur en gros ou au détail d’articles permettant les travaux de couture, de confection ou de passementerie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mercier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Vous n’êtes pas mercier (marchand colporteur) ? Non, vous avez un trop petit paquet, et cependant vous auriez là une belle bête pour porter la balle.
Ces changeurs n'avaient nulle part de boutique ouverte aux pratiques de la cité, pas même de domicile fixe, mais allaient de foire en foire dans les villages, de la même façon que les merciers, les marchands de colifichets et les rémouleurs.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emrcier
- mecrier
- merccier
- merceir
- mercierr
- mercire
- mericer
- merrcier
- mmercier
- mrecier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mercier - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).