# Mais vs malt

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### malt
*verb · IPA [maːlt] · frequency rank #13,197*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs malen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/mais-vs-malt