# mainland vs Maryland

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mainland
*noun · IPA /ˈmeɪnlənd/ · frequency rank #7,712*
The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula.

### Maryland
*name · IPA /ˈmɛəɹɪlənd/ · frequency rank #4,539*
A state of the United States; named for Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland. Capital: Annapolis. Largest city: Baltimore.

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