Which to use
“mayne” is an adjective and “Mays” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,914
- “mayne” frequency rank
- #27,925
- “Mays” frequency rank
- 60839
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mayne | Mays |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete form of main. | plural of May |
Letter map: mayne vs Mays
Shared letters muted; letters that set mayne and Mays apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for mayne / Mays
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mayne is anadjective and Maysaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mayne is recorded at frequency rank #32,914, classified as anadj. Mays is at rank #27,925, tagged as aname, pronounced /meɪz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60839, this pair ranks #97,783 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mayne vs Mays
Shared letters: amy. Private to "mayne": en. Private to "Mays": s.
"mayne" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "Mays" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mayne" for "Mays" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "mayne" or "Mays" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mayne" and "Mays".
- Full dictionary entry for "mayne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mays" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,783 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mayne" and "Mays" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Marne vs mayne". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #97,783 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.