# Mais vs male

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Mais
*noun · IPA [maɪ̯s] · frequency rank #9,409*
Botanik:

### male
*verb · IPA [ˈmaːlə] · frequency rank #3,905*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs malen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/mais-vs-male