# Marie vs maru

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Marie
*name · IPA /məˈɹiː/ · frequency rank #5,234*
A female given name from Hebrew.

### maru
*noun · IPA /ˈmɑːɹuː/ · frequency rank #33,730*
A Japanese ship, especially a merchant ship.

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