mercury

/ˈmərkjəri/ ouvir^(fonte ?)

//ˈmərkjəri/ ouvir^(fonte ?)/ noun

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The verdict

“mercury” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #21,808. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,808
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mercúrio

Corpus desk

Index PT-mercury · mercury · Portuguese

mercury · rank #21,808 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #21,808
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH migrar

Nearest frequency peer: migrar (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “mercury”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “mercury” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mercury vs mercy
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mercury
PropertyValue
Headwordmercury
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmərkjəri/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,808
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mercury”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.mercurycai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “migrar” (#21,809), “matasse” (#21,806), “mat” (#21,805). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mercury” fica em #21,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mercury (IPA /ˈmərkjəri/ ouvir^(fonte ?)), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,808 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mercury, with forms such as "emrcury", "mecrury", and "merccury". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "mercy", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is mercury, spelled M-E-R-C-U-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    mercúrio
  2. 2
    a temperatura ambiente

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mercury appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The mercury there has averaged 37.6ºC, 2.3ºC above the February norm.

Synonyms

quicksilver

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrcury
  • mecrury
  • merccury
  • mercruy
  • mercurry
  • mercuryy
  • mercuyr
  • merrcury
  • merucry
  • mmercury
  • mrecury

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mercury - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emrcury2mecrury2merccury1mercruy2mercurry1mercuryy1mercuyr2merrcury1
Edit distance from "mercury"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mercury"?
"mercury" is spelled M-E-R-C-U-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmərkjəri/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
What does "mercury" mean?
As a noun, "mercury" means: mercúrio
What words are commonly confused with "mercury"?
"mercury" is commonly confused with "mercy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mercury"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mercury" is /ˈmərkjəri/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mercury" come from?
"mercury" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mercury", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

matasse#21,806lactose#21,795pilotar#21,834incesto#21,780

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

grosseiro11 variantsfilipino11 variantsdigressão11 variantsaclamação11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list