Which to use
“made” is a noun and “mai” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #126
- “made” frequency rank
- #14,361
- “mai” frequency rank
- 14487
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | made | mai |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A grub or maggot. | Alternative form of my. |
Letter map: made vs mai
Shared letters muted; letters that set made and mai apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: made vs mai
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: made is anoun and maiadeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14487, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
made is recorded at frequency rank #126, classified as anoun, pronounced /meːd/. mai is at rank #14,361, 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 14487, this pair ranks #469,747 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of made vs mai
Shared letters: am. Private to "made": de. Private to "mai": i.
"made" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mai" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- made ← amde · madde · maed · mdae · mmade
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "made" and "mai" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "made" or "mai"?
What to do next
You've compared "made" and "mai". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "made" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #469,747 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "made" and "mai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mai 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 #469,747 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.