merdier

\mɛʁ.dje\

/\mɛʁ.dje\/ noun

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The verdict

“merdier” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,944. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,944
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bordel, désordre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-merdier · merdier · French

merdier · rank #16,944 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,944
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marquage

Nearest frequency peer: marquage (-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 « merdier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « merdier » 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).

merdier vs métier
57% similar
merdier vs murder
71% similar
merdier vs mériter
57% similar

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

Key facts for merdier
PropertyValue
Headwordmerdier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛʁ.dje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,944
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « merdier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).merdierse 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 « marquage » (#16,943), « Mick » (#16,945), « margot » (#16,942). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « merdier » est au #16,944. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around merdier (IPA \mɛʁ.dje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,944 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for merdier, with forms such as "emrdier", "medrier", and "merddier". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "métier", "murder", "mériter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is merdier, spelled M-E-R-D-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bordel, désordre.
  2. 2
    Pétrin, panade, mauvaise situation, situation chaotique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est le merdier ici !
  2. Pierre s'est foutu dans un sacré merdier !

This word in other languages

mess(English)Saustall(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrdier
  • medrier
  • merddier
  • merdeir
  • merdierr
  • merdire
  • merider
  • merrdier
  • mmerdier
  • mredier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emrdier2medrier2merddier1merdeir2merdierr1merdire2merider2merrdier1
Edit distance from "merdier"

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 "merdier"?
"merdier" is spelled M-E-R-D-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛʁ.dje\.
What does "merdier" mean?
As a noun, "merdier" means: Bordel, désordre.
What words are commonly confused with "merdier"?
"merdier" is commonly confused with "métier", "murder", "mériter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "merdier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "merdier" is \mɛʁ.dje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "merdier" come from?
"merdier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

manette#16,940mafieux#16,937méconnu#16,953livrées#16,933

Similar misspelling depth

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

lèvent10 variantsJamaïque10 variantsportier10 variantsimmortel10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list