# Maori vs Maria

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Maori
*noun · IPA /ˈmaʊɹi/ · frequency rank #21,269*
A member of the indigenous people of New Zealand.

### Maria
*name · IPA /məˈɹiːə/ · frequency rank #4,031*
A female given name from Hebrew.

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