# mails vs mates

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### mates
*noun · IPA /meɪts/ · frequency rank #7,248*
plural of mate

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