Which to use
“méritées” is a verb and “Mertens” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,674
- “méritées” frequency rank
- #32,481
- “Mertens” frequency rank
- 81155
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | méritées | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de mériter. | Nom donné à la personne (une par État membre) habilitée à préparer, entrer et prendre des notes lors des réunions du Coreper I (au niveau des vice-représentants permanents) visant à préparer les réunions du Conseil européen. |
Where the eye mixes méritées and Mertens
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. méritées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against Mertens's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses méritées with Mertens
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: méritées is \me.ʁi.te\ while Mertens is \meʁ.tɛns\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81155, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
méritées is recorded at frequency rank #48,674, classified as averb, pronounced \me.ʁi.te\. Mertens is at rank #32,481, tagged as anoun, pronounced \meʁ.tɛns\.
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 81155, this pair ranks #19,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of méritées vs Mertens
Shared letters: emrst. Private to "méritées": ié. Private to "Mertens": n.
"méritées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "Mertens" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Mertens ← emrtens · meretns · merrtens · mertenns · mertenss · mertesn · mertnes · merttens
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "méritées" for "Mertens" ever safe?
Frequency check: "méritées" vs "Mertens" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "méritées" and "Mertens" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "méritées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mertens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "méritées" and "Mertens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "méritées vs méritons". 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 #19,369 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.