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“mailer” and “manger” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#31,248
“mailer” frequency rank
#29,363
“manger” frequency rank
60611
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mailer manger
Definition One who sends mail. A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.

Letter map: mailer vs manger

Shared letters muted; letters that set mailer and manger apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
mailer
6 ch
manger

Corpus notes: mailer and manger

mailer and manger are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60611, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mailer is recorded at frequency rank #31,248, classified as anoun. manger is at rank #29,363, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmeɪn.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/.

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 60611, this pair ranks #99,203 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mailer vs manger

Shared letters: aemr. Private to "mailer": il. Private to "manger": gn.

"mailer" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "manger" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • maileramiler · maielr · mailerr · mailler · mailre · malier · mialer · mmailer
  • mangeramnger · magner · manegr · mangerr · mangger · mangre · mannger · mmanger

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mailer" for "manger" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mailer" vs "manger" - which ranks higher?
"manger" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,363 in our English list, against #31,248 for "mailer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "mailer" vs "manger" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mailer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "manger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #99,203 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mailer" and "manger" 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 #99,203 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list