# mare vs mort

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### mort
*noun · IPA /mɔːt/ · frequency rank #26,514*
Death; especially, the death of game in hunting.

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