# madly vs Mary

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### madly
*adverb · IPA /ˈmædli/ · frequency rank #23,331*
In a mad manner

### Mary
*name · IPA /ˈmɛə.ɹi/ · frequency rank #1,730*
A female given name from Aramaic or Hebrew.

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