mercury

\ˈməː.kjʊ.ɹi\

/\ˈməː.kjʊ.ɹi\/ noun

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The verdict

“mercury” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,877
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (nomenclature UICPA) Mercure (l’élément chimique Hg).

Corpus desk

Index FR-mercury · mercury · French

mercury · rank #27,877 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,877
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mbappé

Nearest frequency peer: Mbappé (-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 « mercury »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mercury » 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).

mercury vs mercy
71% similar
mercury vs merry
71% similar
mercury vs Mercer
57% similar

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

Key facts for mercury
PropertyValue
Headwordmercury
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈməː.kjʊ.ɹi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#27,877
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mercury »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mercuryse 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 « Mbappé » (#27,876), « messagers » (#27,878), « manufacturier » (#27,875). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mercury » est au #27,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mercury (IPA \ˈməː.kjʊ.ɹi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,877 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mercury, with forms such as "emrcury", "mecrury", and "merccury". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "mercy", "merry", "Mercer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 mercury, spelled M-E-R-C-U-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    (nomenclature UICPA) Mercure (l’élément chimique Hg).
  2. 2
    Température ambiante.
  3. 3
    Principe des métaux, mercure.
  4. 4
    Mercuriale annuelle.
  5. 5
    Épinard sauvage, chénopode bon-Henri.
  6. 6
    Sumac grimpant.

Synonyms

hydrargyrumquicksilverazothannual mercuryFrench mercuryallgoodEnglish mercuryGood King HenryLincolnshire spinachmarkeryperennial goosefootpoor man’s asparaguspoor-man’s asparaguspoison ivypoison oak

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrcury
  • mecrury
  • merccury
  • mercruy
  • mercurry
  • mercuryy
  • mercuyr
  • merrcury
  • merucry
  • mmercury
  • mrecury

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mercury - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emrcury2mecrury2merccury1mercruy2mercurry1mercuryy1mercuyr2merrcury1
Edit distance from "mercury"

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 "mercury"?
"mercury" is spelled M-E-R-C-U-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈməː.kjʊ.ɹi\.
What does "mercury" mean?
As a noun, "mercury" means: (nomenclature UICPA) Mercure (l’élément chimique Hg).
What words are commonly confused with "mercury"?
"mercury" is commonly confused with "mercy", "merry", "Mercer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mercury"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mercury" is \ˈməː.kjʊ.ɹi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mercury" come from?
"mercury" 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 "mercury", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

mixtape#27,882mousson#27,885lingots#27,867Liliane#27,866

Similar misspelling depth

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

Milanais11 variantsnantaise11 variantspercées11 variantspigment11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list