# mau vs MSG

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### MSG
*noun · frequency rank #49,805*
Sel de sodium.

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