# many vs Mary

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### many
*determiner · IPA /ˈmɛni/ · frequency rank #131*
before a countable noun: A large, indefinite number of.

### Mary
*name · IPA /ˈmɛə.ɹi/ · frequency rank #1,730*
A female given name from Aramaic or Hebrew.

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