# Mei vs meu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Mei
*name · IPA /meɪ/ · frequency rank #17,413*
A female given name from Mandarin.

### meu
*noun · IPA /ˈmjuː/ · frequency rank #48,897*
Meum athamanticum, a European herb.

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