Mails
[mɛɪ̯ls]
The verdict
“Mails” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,633 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,633
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Mail
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mails |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɛɪ̯ls] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mails” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Mails is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mɛɪ̯ls]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,633 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mails, with forms such as "amils", "maills", and "mailss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mal", "mas", "mis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Mails, spelled M-A-I-L-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Mail
- 2Genitiv Singular der sächlichen Version des Substantivs Mail
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Mail
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mail
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Mail
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amils,maills,mailss,maisl,malis,mials,mmails
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mails - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Mails”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-A-I-L-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mɛɪ̯ls] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Mal” - see the side-by-side comparison. Mails vs Mal
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.