# merah vs merde

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### merah
*adjective · frequency rank #23,609*
Rouge.

### merde
*noun · IPA \mɛʁd\ · frequency rank #481*
Excrément de personne ou d’animal.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/merah-vs-merde