# mar vs MPAA

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### MPAA
*name · frequency rank #49,512*
Initialism of Motion Picture Association of America (Motion Picture Association since September 2019).

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