# MA vs MS

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### MA
*name · frequency rank #2,354*
Abbreviation of Massachusetts: a state of the United States.

### MS
*name · frequency rank #2,167*
Abbreviation of Mato Grosso do Sul: a state of Brazil.

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