Which to use
“merah” is an adjective and “mers” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,609
- “merah” frequency rank
- #8,271
- “mers” frequency rank
- 31880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | merah | mers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rouge. | Pluriel de mer. |
Letter map: merah vs mers
Shared letters muted; letters that set merah and mers apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. merah runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against mers's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for merah / mers
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: merah is anadjective and mersanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
merah is recorded at frequency rank #23,609, classified as anadj. mers is at rank #8,271, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɛʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 31880, this pair ranks #300,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of merah vs mers
Shared letters: emr. Private to "merah": ah. Private to "mers": s.
"merah" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mers" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "merah" for "mers" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "merah" or "mers" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "merah" and "mers".
- Full dictionary entry for "merah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #300,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "merah" and "mers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "merah vs Méry". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #300,983 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.