# mage vs mile

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mage
*noun · IPA /meɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #26,873*
A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.

### mile
*noun · IPA /maɪ̯l/ · frequency rank #2,544*
The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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