mah
/mɑː˧/determiner, particle
mah is spelled M-A-H: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “ma vs mah” about 50 times a month (Google, United States). As a determiner, mah means “Pronunciation spelling of my” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mah?
| Letters | 3: M-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mah?
Mah appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mah?
- /mɑː˧/
- /mɑː˦/
Mah has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with mah
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: ma.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with mah?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mah.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ham.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mah
- ma
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
determiner
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of my.
particle
- 1
Asserts that there is a straightforward or self-evident reason for something.
– The plants are all dying already. – No one here to water them mah...
- 2
colloquialUsed at the end of an affirmative declarative sentence to change it into a yes–no question.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).