# merdes vs mérités

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### merdes
*noun · IPA \mɛʁd\ · frequency rank #10,359*
Pluriel de merde.

### mérités
*verb · IPA \me.ʁi.te\ · frequency rank #28,260*
Participe passé masculin pluriel de mériter.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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