# maize vs mazes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### maize
*noun · IPA /meɪz/ · frequency rank #18,616*
Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

### mazes
*noun · IPA /ˈmeɪzɪz/ · frequency rank #42,261*
plural of maze

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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