merdeux

\mɛʁ.dø\

/\mɛʁ.dø\/ adj

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The verdict

“merdeux” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,705. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,705
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sali d’excréments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-merdeux · merdeux · French

merdeux · rank #30,705 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,705
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH membranes

Nearest frequency peer: membranes (-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 « merdeux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « merdeux » 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).

merdeux vs merde
71% similar
merdeux vs merdes
71% similar

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

Key facts for merdeux
PropertyValue
Headwordmerdeux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɛʁ.dø\
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,705
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « merdeux »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « membranes » (#30,704), « mobilités » (#30,706), « Melvin » (#30,703). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « merdeux » est au #30,705. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around merdeux (IPA \mɛʁ.dø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,705 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 merdeux, with forms such as "emrdeux", "medreux", and "merddeux". 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, "merde", "merdes", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is merdeux, spelled M-E-R-D-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sali d’excréments.
  2. 2
    Foireux.
  3. 3
    Minable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est inutile de respecter les vivants, à moins qu'ils ne soient les plus forts. Dans ce cas, l’expérience conseille plutôt de lécher leurs bottes, fussent-elles merdeuses. Mais les morts doivent toujours être respectés.
  2. Le grand souci de la nonne était de préparer les corps pour la résurrection. Elle les voulait pour cette occasion propres et décents. « Quand ils se dresseront avec leurs cuisses merdeuses, disait-elle, quelle figure ferai-je devant le Seigneur ? Il me dira : « Tu étais là et tu savais ; pourquoi ne les as-tu pas nettoyées ? »

Synonyms

brenneuxcacateuxcrotteux

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrdeux
  • medreux
  • merddeux
  • merdeuxx
  • merdexu
  • merduex
  • meredux
  • merrdeux
  • mmerdeux
  • mredeux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emrdeux2medreux2merddeux1merdeuxx1merdexu2merduex2meredux2merrdeux1
Edit distance from "merdeux"

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 "merdeux"?
"merdeux" is spelled M-E-R-D-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛʁ.dø\.
What does "merdeux" mean?
As an adjective, "merdeux" means: Sali d’excréments.
What words are commonly confused with "merdeux"?
"merdeux" is commonly confused with "merde", "merdes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "merdeux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "merdeux" is \mɛʁ.dø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "merdeux" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Maureen#30,701malaria#30,695nuancée#30,720Lescure#30,687

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

marmotte10 variantsnymphe10 variantsPhyllis10 variantsHirsch10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list