Mersch
\ˈmiǝʃ\
The verdict
“Mersch” is uncommon French (frequency #70,018 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,018
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mersch · Mersch · French
Mersch · rank #70,018 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,018
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 202,672
- PHOTO-FINISH menuiseries
Nearest frequency peer: menuiseries (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Mersch”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- McEnroe
McEnroe
29,986 corpus weight
- menuiseries
menuiseries
29,984 corpus weight
- Mersch
Mersch
29,983 corpus weight
- mesh
mesh
29,982 corpus weight
- mesurons
mesurons
29,981 corpus weight
- Meulan
Meulan
29,979 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mersch” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mersch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈmiǝʃ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mersch” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mersch is uncommon French at frequency #70,018 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈmiǝʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Mersch in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Mersch, spelled M-E-R-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mersch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.