# mick vs mickey

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mick
*noun · IPA /mɪk/ · frequency rank #9,211*
An Irishman.

### mickey
*noun · IPA /ˈmɪki/ · frequency rank #8,823*
The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mick-vs-mickey