# Maori vs Moore

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Moore
*name · IPA /mʊə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #4,468*
Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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