# Mau vs Maura

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Mau
*noun · frequency rank #26,500*
A kind of short-haired domestic cat.

### Maura
*name · frequency rank #33,324*
A female given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic, of English, Scottish and Irish usage, variant of Mary.

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