# Mais

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #30,490

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As an English surname (Durham), variant of Mayes.
* As a German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German meiz (“cleared land”).

## Easily confused with
- **MS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-ms)
- **mi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mi)
- **may** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-may)
- **man** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-man)
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mrs)
- **map** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-map)
- **mix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mix)
- **max** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-max)
- **min** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-min)
- **mar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mar)
- **MPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mps)
- **MIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mia)
- **mat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mat)
- **mic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mic)
- **mil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mil)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mit)
- **mao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mao)
- **MRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mri)
- **mal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mal)
- **MoS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mais-vs-mos)

## Common misspellings (4)
`maiss`, `masi`, `mias`, `mmais`

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