Which to use
“Email” and “Emails” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,918
- “Email” frequency rank
- #15,871
- “Emails” frequency rank
- 22789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Emails | |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ein- oder mehrfarbiger Schmelzüberzug auf Metallflächen | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Email |
Where the eye mixes Email and Emails
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Email and Emails
A purely visual mix-up. Email ([eˈmaɪ̯]) and Emails ([eˈmaɪ̯s]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Email” sits inside “Emails”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Email is recorded at frequency rank #6,918, classified as anoun, pronounced [eˈmaɪ̯]. Emails is at rank #15,871, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eˈmaɪ̯s].
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 22789, this pair ranks #1,869,744 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Email vs Emails
Shared letters: aeilm. Private to "Email": -. Private to "Emails": s.
"Email" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "Emails" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Email" and "Emails" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Email" or "Emails"?
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 "Email" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Emails" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,869,744 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Email" and "Emails" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Email vs emi". 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 #1,869,744 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.