# Meade vs Mears

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Meade
*name · IPA /ˈmiːd/ · frequency rank #23,037*
A surname.

### Mears
*name · frequency rank #41,760*
A surname from Old English.

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