# mau vs MSA

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### mau
*adjective · IPA \maʊ̯\ · frequency rank #35,149*
Mal en point, mal fichu, patraque.

### MSA
*noun · IPA \ɛm.ɛs.a\ · frequency rank #45,745*
Mouvement Souveraineté-Association.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/mau-vs-msa