mercê
Letters
5 characters
Frequency Rank
#14,186
in Portuguese word usage
Misspellings
7
tracked variants
Confusables
17
similar word pairs
mercê is aPortuguesenoun. It means: paga, soldada, preço ou recompensa por algum trabalho ou serviço Often confused with mero and morte.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mercê |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mercê is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #14,186 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mercê, with forms such as "emrcê", "mecrê", and "merccê". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "mero", "morte", "merda", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is mercê, spelled M-E-R-C-Ê, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1paga, soldada, preço ou recompensa por algum trabalho ou serviço
- 2favor, gosto, graça, benefício que alguém faz ou concede a outro
- 3remissão de culpa, de pena, concedida por indulgência; graça, favor
- 4disposição favorável para com alguém; benignidade, indulgência
- 5nomeação para emprego; provimento em algum cargo
- 6concessão de título honorífico, de condecoração
- 7determinação arbitrária; capricho
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emrcê,mecrê,merccê,merrcê,merêc,mmercê,mrecê
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mercê
Misspelling Variants of "mercê"
Frequency rank: #14,186 in Portuguese
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Nearby Portuguese words
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