# Mais vs mal

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Mais
*name · frequency rank #30,490*
A surname.

### mal
*noun · IPA /mæl/ · frequency rank #13,953*
illness, affliction.

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