# malt vs mays

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### 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/malt-vs-mays