# Maru vs mau

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### Maru
*name · IPA [ˈmaɾu] · frequency rank #29,291*
Hipocorístico de Marianela.

### mau
*adjective · IPA [ˈmaw] · frequency rank #36,153*
Malo

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