# mac vs MW

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mac
*noun · IPA /mæk/ · frequency rank #3,313*
Clipping of mackintosh (“a raincoat”).

### MW
*name · frequency rank #13,386*
Initialism of Merriam-Webster: an American publishing company known for its dictionaries.

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