# Maris

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #30,494

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. Name component for agricultural plant varieties

## Etymology
From Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge (the founding site of Cambridge University's Plant Breeding Institute).

## Easily confused with
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-mrs)
- **MRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-mri)
- **mark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-mark)
- **mass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-mass)
- **Mary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-mary)
- **mars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-mars)
- **mart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-mart)
- **Marx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-marx)
- **mats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-mats)
- **Maui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-maui)
- **maxi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-maxi)
- **Mori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-mori)
- **Marr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-marr)
- **Mays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-mays)
- **maru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-maru)
- **marv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-marv)
- **MERS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-mers)
- **MIRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-miri)
- **marl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-marl)
- **marks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maris-vs-marks)

## Common misspellings (7)
`amris`, `mairs`, `mariss`, `marris`, `marsi`, `mmaris`, `mrais`

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