merguez

\mɛʁ.ɡɛz\

/\mɛʁ.ɡɛz\/ noun

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The verdict

“merguez” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,920. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,920
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fine saucisse épicée, faite de bœuf ou de mouton, originaire du Maghreb et destinée à la grillade.

Corpus desk

Index FR-merguez · merguez · French

merguez · rank #37,920 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,920
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Melville

Nearest frequency peer: Melville (-2 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 « merguez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « merguez » 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).

merguez vs morgue
71% similar
merguez vs méritez
57% similar
merguez vs marquez
71% similar

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

Key facts for merguez
PropertyValue
Headwordmerguez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛʁ.ɡɛz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,920
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « merguez »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).merguezse 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 « Melville » (#37,918), « Michon » (#37,922), « migrateurs » (#37,923). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « merguez » est au #37,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around merguez (IPA \mɛʁ.ɡɛz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,920 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for merguez, with forms such as "emrguez", "megruez", and "mergeuz". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "morgue", "méritez", "marquez", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is merguez, spelled M-E-R-G-U-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fine saucisse épicée, faite de bœuf ou de mouton, originaire du Maghreb et destinée à la grillade.
  2. 2
    Pénis.
  3. 3
    Nul.
  4. 4
    Véhicule en mauvais état (souvent volé) maquillé et trafiqué pour tromper la vigilance d’un acheteur ou des autorités.
  5. 5
    Tout véhicule en mauvais état, mal entretenu, vieux, moche ou démodé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Martin admire l’accortise du marchand de berlingots, du juif qui débite de la galette rekaka et des ronds à l'anis, du rôtisseur qui fait fumer sur brasier, dans une caisse de tôle, des brochettes de foie ou des merguez, saucisses à la viande de mouton.
  2. Nous nous y procurons une monture de bretelles sans couture et consommons des merguez (saucisses grillées) à la tunisienne, sauf que les merguez israélites ne renferment pas de porc.

This word in other languages

merguez(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrguez
  • megruez
  • mergeuz
  • mergguez
  • merguezz
  • merguze
  • merrguez
  • merugez
  • mmerguez
  • mreguez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emrguez2megruez2mergeuz2mergguez1merguezz1merguze2merrguez1merugez2
Edit distance from "merguez"

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 "merguez"?
"merguez" is spelled M-E-R-G-U-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛʁ.ɡɛz\.
What does "merguez" mean?
As a noun, "merguez" means: Fine saucisse épicée, faite de bœuf ou de mouton, originaire du Maghreb et destinée à la grillade.
What words are commonly confused with "merguez"?
"merguez" is commonly confused with "morgue", "méritez", "marquez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "merguez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "merguez" is \mɛʁ.ɡɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "merguez" come from?
"merguez" 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 "merguez", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

martelé#37,914mangera#37,909myriade#37,936macaron#37,903

Similar misspelling depth

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

Melville10 variantsmoineaux10 variantsmagouille10 variantslistés10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list