Similar words
mérito
mérito is much more common; merecimiento is rarer and more formal — both mean "merit."
Similar in other languages
French
mérite
mérite is the French word for the same thing — both mean "merit."
Portuguese
mérito
mérito is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "merit."
Practice
1 What does merecimiento mean?
merit
2 Fill the gap: Lo logró por ___.
Full sentence: Lo logró por merecimiento. (He achieved it on merit.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches merecimiento?
merecimiento: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.