# mar vs Mawr

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mar
*verb · IPA /mɑː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #5,233*
To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.

### Mawr
*name · frequency rank #48,889*
A community (civil parish) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales.

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