# main vs mi

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### main
*adjective · IPA /meɪn/ · frequency rank #574*
Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.

### mi
*noun · IPA /miː/ · frequency rank #4,315*
A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/main-vs-mi