merge
\mɛʁdʒ\
The verdict
“merge” is uncommon French (frequency #90,931 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,931
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de merger.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | merge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɛʁdʒ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “merge” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
merge is uncommon French at frequency #90,931 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \mɛʁdʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for merge, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 merge, spelled M-E-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de merger.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de merger.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de merger.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de merger.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de merger.
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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Using “merge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-R-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛʁdʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.