# may vs my

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### my
*pronoun · IPA [maɪ] · frequency rank #2,119*
possessives Personalpronomen für die 1. Person Singular; mein

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