# mea vs my

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### mea
*pronoun · IPA [ˈmea] · frequency rank #36,498*
Possessivpronomen der 1. Person Singular ‚mein‘, ‚meine‘

### 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/mea-vs-my