# mata vs maur

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### mata
*noun · IPA \ma.ta\ · frequency rank #27,123*
Gardien de bagne indigène, recruté localement en Indochine.

### maur
*noun · IPA \mø.yːr\ · frequency rank #23,932*
Fourmi.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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