# Maria vs Mariana

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Maria
*name · IPA [maˈʁiːa] · frequency rank #1,301*
weiblicher Vorname

### Mariana
*noun · IPA [maˈrjana] · frequency rank #47,578*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Marian

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