# Mais vs mays

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### mays
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #44,064*
das Artepitheton für den Mais (Zea mays)

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