# Maria vs Mario

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Maria
*name · IPA /məˈɹiːə/ · frequency rank #4,031*
A female given name from Hebrew.

### Mario
*name · IPA /ˈmaɹiəʊ/ · frequency rank #4,873*
A male given name from Italian or Spanish.

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