# mam

> English word · Noun · IPA /mæm/ · frequency rank #21,576

## Definitions
1. Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.

## Etymology
Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Early Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”).
Alternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.

## Easily confused with
- **my** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-my)
- **ME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-me)
- **Mr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mr)
- **MS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-ms)
- **MM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mm)
- **MO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mo)
- **mi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mi)
- **MP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mp)
- **MD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-md)
- **MT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mt)
- **MG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mg)
- **MC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mc)
- **ML** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-ml)
- **MB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mb)
- **MN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mn)
- **mu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mu)
- **MK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mk)
- **MW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mw)
- **MV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mv)
- **MJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mam-vs-mj)

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