Which to use
“mailer” is a noun and “mails” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,248
- “mailer” frequency rank
- #12,635
- “mails” frequency rank
- 43883
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mailer | mails |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | One who sends mail. | third-person singular simple present indicative of mail |
Letter map: mailer vs mails
Shared letters muted; letters that set mailer and mails apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for mailer / mails
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mailer is anoun and mailsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mailer is recorded at frequency rank #31,248, classified as anoun. mails is at rank #12,635, tagged as averb, pronounced /meɪlz/.
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 43883, this pair ranks #235,785 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mailer vs mails
Shared letters: ailm. Private to "mailer": er. Private to "mails": s.
"mailer" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "mails" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mailer" for "mails" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mailer" vs "mails" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "mailer" and "mails". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mailer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mails" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,785 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mailer" and "mails" 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 #235,785 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.