Which to use
“mares” and “Mayas” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,698
- “mares” frequency rank
- #35,595
- “Mayas” frequency rank
- 66293
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mares | Mayas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mare. | Peuple amérindien précolombien qui occupait le Sud du Mexique et l’Amérique centrale (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua) entre le Iᵉʳ siècle avant J.-C. et le Xᵉ siècle de notre ère. |
Where the eye mixes mares and Mayas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mares vs Mayas
A purely visual mix-up. mares (\maʁ\) and Mayas (\ma.ja\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mares is recorded at frequency rank #30,698, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁ\. Mayas is at rank #35,595, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ja\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 66293, this pair ranks #68,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mares vs Mayas
Shared letters: ams. Private to "mares": er. Private to "Mayas": y.
"mares" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Mayas" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mares" and "Mayas" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mares" vs "Mayas" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mares" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mayas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mares" and "Mayas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mads vs Mayas". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #68,445 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.