EmailvsevilConfusable pair

Quick tell: Email is a noun, evil is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Email” is a noun and “evil” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,918
“Email” frequency rank
#15,620
“evil” frequency rank
22538
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Email evil
Definition ein- oder mehrfarbiger Schmelzüberzug auf Metallflächen böse

Letter map: Email vs evil

Shared letters muted; letters that set Email and evil apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Email
4 ch
evil

Part-of-speech tell for Email / evil

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Email is anoun and evilanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22538, 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]. evil is at rank #15,620, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].

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 22538, this pair ranks #1,872,956 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Email vs evil

Shared letters: eil. Private to "Email": am. Private to "evil": v.

"Email" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC  ·  "evil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Emaileamil · emaill · emali · emial · emmail · meail
  • evileivl · evill · evli · evvil

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Email" for "evil" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Email" is a noun and "evil" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Email" or "evil"?
"Email" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,918 in our German list, against #15,620 for "evil". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Email" and "evil". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Email" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "evil" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,872,956 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Email" and "evil" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evil vs puzzles". 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 #1,872,956 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list