Which to use
“Mails” and “mills” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,633
- “Mails” frequency rank
- #22,434
- “mills” frequency rank
- 27067
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mails | mills |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Mail | Plural des Substantivs mill |
Where the eye mixes Mails and mills
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Mails and mills
A purely visual mix-up. Mails ([mɛɪ̯ls]) and mills ([mɪlz]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27067, 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]. mills is at rank #22,434, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mɪlz].
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 27067, this pair ranks #1,807,885 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Mails vs mills
Shared letters: ilms. Private to "Mails": a. Private to "mills": -.
"Mails" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "mills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Mails" and "mills" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "Mails" or "mills" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Mails" and "mills" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mails" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mills" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,807,885 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mails" and "mills" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Milfs vs mills". 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 #1,807,885 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.