Which to use
“mailed” is a verb and “marbled” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,991
- “mailed” frequency rank
- #43,773
- “marbled” frequency rank
- 58764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mailed | marbled |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of mail | Composed of marble; having a marble exterior. |
Letter map: mailed vs marbled
Shared letters muted; letters that set mailed and marbled apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - mailed and marbled
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mailed is averb and marbledanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58764, 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/. marbled is at rank #43,773, tagged as anadj.
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 58764, this pair ranks #110,461 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mailed vs marbled
Shared letters: adelm. Private to "mailed": i. Private to "marbled": br.
"mailed" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "marbled" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mailed" and "marbled" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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Useful next steps
Pair "mailed" vs "marbled" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "mailed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marbled" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,461 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mailed" and "marbled" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marbled vs Marple". 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 #110,461 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.