# Mary vs mayo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Mary
*name · IPA /ˈmɛə.ɹi/ · frequency rank #1,730*
A female given name from Aramaic or Hebrew.

### mayo
*noun · IPA /ˈmeɪ.əʊ/ · frequency rank #10,885*
Clipping of mayonnaise.

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