# mans vs may

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mans
*verb · IPA /mænz/ · frequency rank #11,566*
third-person singular simple present indicative of man

### may
*verb · IPA /meɪ/ · frequency rank #110*
To be strong; to have power (over).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mans-vs-may