# maki vs Mario

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### maki
*noun · IPA /ˈmɑːki/ · frequency rank #31,647*
A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

### Mario
*name · IPA /ˈmaɹiəʊ/ · frequency rank #4,873*
A male given name from Italian or Spanish.

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