# maid vs may

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### maid
*noun · IPA /meɪd/ · frequency rank #8,819*
A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.

### may
*verb · IPA /meɪ/ · frequency rank #110*
To be strong; to have power (over).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-may