# Madras vs marais

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Madras
*name · IPA /məˈdɹæs/ · frequency rank #17,665*
Former name of Chennai: the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India.

### marais
*noun · frequency rank #41,753*
A marsh; a marshy area, one intermittently covered with water, particularly in Louisiana, or in other French-speaking areas.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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