Which to use
“Mails” is a noun and “mies” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,633
- “Mails” frequency rank
- #8,597
- “mies” frequency rank
- 13230
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mails | mies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Mail | auf verdrießlicher, ärgerlicher, ablehnender Art und Weise schlecht; wertlos, elend, übel |
Where the eye mixes Mails and mies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Mails runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against mies's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between Mails and mies
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Mails is [mɛɪ̯ls] while mies is [miːs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mails is recorded at frequency rank #4,633, classified as anoun, pronounced [mɛɪ̯ls]. mies is at rank #8,597, tagged as anadj, pronounced [miːs].
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 13230, this pair ranks #1,959,273 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Mails vs mies
Shared letters: ims. Private to "Mails": al. Private to "mies": e.
"Mails" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "mies" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Mails" and "mies" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Mails" vs "mies" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mails" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,959,273 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mails" and "mies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mies vs Milfs". 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 #1,959,273 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.