mercis

\mɛʁ.si\

/\mɛʁ.si\/ noun

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The verdict

“mercis” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,043. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,043
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de merci.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mercis · mercis · French

mercis · rank #48,043 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,043
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH menhir

Nearest frequency peer: menhir (-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 « mercis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mercis » 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).

mercis vs mers
67% similar
mercis vs mères
50% similar
mercis vs métis
50% similar

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

Key facts for mercis
PropertyValue
Headwordmercis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛʁ.si\
Letters6
Frequency rank#48,043
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mercis »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mercisse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « menhir » (#48,042), « meringue » (#48,044), « meng » (#48,041). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mercis » est au #48,043. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mercis (IPA \mɛʁ.si\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,043 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de merci.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mercis, with forms such as "emrcis", "mecris", and "merccis". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "mers", "mères", "métis", 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mercis, spelled M-E-R-C-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de merci.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il est beau de voir les cœurs s’ouvrir, des conflits s’apaiser, de voir des souffrances s’exprimer, des pardons s’échanger, des mercis se dire. Ce temps unique, trop rarement pris entre un parent et son enfant, est pourtant essentiel pour une relation saine, pour se faire grandir mutuellement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrcis
  • mecris
  • merccis
  • merciss
  • mercsi
  • merics
  • merrcis
  • mmercis
  • mrecis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mercis - 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.

emrcis2mecris2merccis1merciss1mercsi2merics2merrcis1mmercis1
Edit distance from "mercis"

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 "mercis"?
"mercis" is spelled M-E-R-C-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛʁ.si\.
What does "mercis" mean?
As a noun, "mercis" means: Pluriel de merci.
What words are commonly confused with "mercis"?
"mercis" is commonly confused with "mers", "mères", "métis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mercis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mercis" is \mɛʁ.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mercis" come from?
"mercis" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

menhir#48,042marlin#48,032moqués#48,055naïves#48,068

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

meneuse9 variantsmacaire9 variantsnichée9 variantsoccupais9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list