# may vs McKay

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### may
*verb · IPA /meɪ/ · frequency rank #110*
To be strong; to have power (over).

### McKay
*name · IPA /məˈkeɪ/ · frequency rank #14,997*
A surname.

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