Which to use
“mailed” is a verb and “milled” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,991
- “mailed” frequency rank
- #33,330
- “milled” frequency rank
- 48321
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mailed | milled |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of mail | Ground by a mill. |
Letter map: mailed vs milled
Shared letters muted; letters that set mailed and milled apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. mailed (CVVCVC) and milled (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: mailed vs milled
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mailed is averb and milledanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48321, 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/. milled is at rank #33,330, 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 48321, this pair ranks #194,179 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mailed vs milled
Shared letters: deilm. Private to "mailed": a. Private to "milled": -.
"mailed" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "milled" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mailed" and "milled" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "mailed" or "milled" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "mailed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "milled" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,179 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mailed" and "milled" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miffed vs milled". 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 #194,179 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.