# mage vs Maud

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mage
*noun · IPA /meɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #26,873*
A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.

### Maud
*name · IPA /mɔːd/ · frequency rank #27,556*
A female given name from the Germanic languages.

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