Which to use
“mice” is a noun and “micro” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,166
- “mice” frequency rank
- #6,268
- “micro” frequency rank
- 12434
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mice | micro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of mouse | Small, relatively small; used to contrast levels of the noun modified. |
Where the eye mixes mice and micro
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mice vs micro
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mice is /maɪs/ while micro is /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12434, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mice is recorded at frequency rank #6,166, classified as anoun, pronounced /maɪs/. micro is at rank #6,268, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊ/.
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 12434, this pair ranks #481,599 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mice vs micro
Shared letters: cim. Private to "mice": e. Private to "micro": or.
"mice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "micro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mice" and "micro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mice" or "micro"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mice" and "micro" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "micro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #481,599 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mice" and "micro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mice 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 #481,599 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.