# mails vs mil

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### mil
*noun · IPA /mɪl/ · frequency rank #10,579*
An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to ¹⁄₆₄₀₀ of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also ¹⁄₆₀₀₀ and ¹⁄₆₃₀₀ are used in other countries.

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