# Maine vs mainly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Maine
*name · IPA /mɛn/ · frequency rank #5,517*
A former province of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Le Mans.

### mainly
*adverb · IPA /ˈmeɪnli/ · frequency rank #2,490*
Chiefly; for the most part.

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