# mile vs mime

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mile
*noun · IPA /maɪ̯l/ · frequency rank #2,544*
The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.

### mime
*noun · IPA /maɪm/ · frequency rank #26,885*
A form of acting without words; pantomime.

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