merge

\mɛʁdʒ\

/\mɛʁdʒ\/ verb

The verdict

“merge” is uncommon French (frequency #90,931 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,931
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de merger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-merge · merge · French

merge · rank #90,931 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,931
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mendient

Nearest frequency peer: mendient (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « merge »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « merge » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for merge
PropertyValue
Headwordmerge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɛʁdʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#90,931
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « merge » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mergetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « mendient » (#90,930), « meringuée » (#90,932), « mellah » (#90,928). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « merge » est au #90,931. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

merge is uncommon French at frequency #90,931 among 5,038 “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

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de merger.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de merger.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de merger.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de merger.
  5. 5
    Deuxième 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "merge"?
"merge" is spelled M-E-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛʁdʒ\.
What does "merge" mean?
As a verb, "merge" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de merger.
How do you pronounce "merge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "merge" is \mɛʁdʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "merge" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list