# Mears vs mets

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### mets
*noun · IPA /mɛts/ · frequency rank #11,568*
Clipping of metastases.

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