Which to use
“mailed” is a verb and “mailer” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,991
- “mailed” frequency rank
- #31,248
- “mailer” frequency rank
- 46239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mailed | mailer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of mail | One who sends mail. |
Letter map: mailed vs mailer
Shared letters muted; letters that set mailed and mailer apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. mailed and mailer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - mailed and mailer
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mailed is averb and maileranoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “mailed” becomes r in “mailer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mailed is recorded at frequency rank #14,991, classified as averb, pronounced /meɪld/. mailer is at rank #31,248, tagged as anoun.
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 46239, this pair ranks #213,660 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mailed vs mailer
Shared letters: aeilm. Private to "mailed": d. Private to "mailer": r.
"mailed" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "mailer" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mailed" and "mailer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mailed" or "mailer"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "mailed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mailer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #213,660 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mailed" and "mailer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mailer vs miser". 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 #213,660 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.