Which to use
“made” is a noun and “mah” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #126
- “made” frequency rank
- #21,266
- “mah” frequency rank
- 21392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | made | mah |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A grub or maggot. | Pronunciation spelling of my. |
Letter map: made vs mah
Shared letters muted; letters that set made and mah apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: made vs mah
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: made is anoun and mahadeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
made is recorded at frequency rank #126, classified as anoun, pronounced /meːd/. mah is at rank #21,266, tagged as adet.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 21392, this pair ranks #424,257 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of made vs mah
Shared letters: am. Private to "made": de. Private to "mah": h.
"made" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mah" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- made ← amde · madde · maed · mdae · mmade
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "made" for "mah" ever safe?
Which is more common, "made" or "mah"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "made" and "mah".
- Full dictionary entry for "made" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mah" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,257 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "made" and "mah" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mah vs MPAA". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #424,257 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.