# may vs miau

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### may
*noun · IPA [mɑj] · frequency rank #5,282*
fünfter Monat im Kalenderjahr; Mai

### miau
*intj · IPA [miˈaʊ̯] · frequency rank #46,841*
Laut der Katze

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