mers

\mɛʁ\

/\mɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“mers” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,271. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,271
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de mer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mers · mers · French

mers · rank #8,271 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,271
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH MC

Nearest frequency peer: MC (-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 « mers »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mers » 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).

mers vs MR
0% similar
mers vs ms
50% similar
mers vs mes
75% similar

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

Key facts for mers
PropertyValue
Headwordmers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,271
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mers »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mersse 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 « MC » (#8,270), « meuf » (#8,272), « marée » (#8,269). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mers » est au #8,271. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around mers (IPA \mɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,271 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de mer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mers, with forms such as "emrs", "merrs", and "merss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MR", "ms", "mes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mers, spelled M-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de mer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est la longue vue, outil magique utilisant le principe de l’horizon qui déséclipse le bateau descendant derrière l’horizon des mers, comme déséclipsant l’avion ou l’oiseau disparus dans la voûte du ciel ou l’étoile enfouie dans la nuit.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrs
  • merrs
  • merss
  • mesr
  • mmers
  • mres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emrs2merrs1merss1mesr2mmers1mres2
Edit distance from "mers"

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 "mers"?
"mers" is spelled M-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛʁ\.
What does "mers" mean?
As a noun, "mers" means: Pluriel de mer.
What words are commonly confused with "mers"?
"mers" is commonly confused with "MR", "ms", "mes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mers" is \mɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mers" come from?
"mers" 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 "mers", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

meuf#8,272line#8,263ordi#8,279hill#8,252

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

marée6 variantsmiens6 variantsmiles6 variantsLarry6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list