# mailed vs mails

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mailed
*verb · IPA /meɪld/ · frequency rank #14,991*
simple past and past participle of mail

### mails
*verb · IPA /meɪlz/ · frequency rank #12,635*
third-person singular simple present indicative of mail

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mailed-vs-mails