# mare vs marry

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mare
*noun · IPA /mɛə/ · frequency rank #13,015*
An adult female horse.

### marry
*verb · IPA /ˈmæɹ.ɪ/ · frequency rank #3,637*
To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.

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