# mays vs my

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/mays-vs-my