mailed
/meɪld/adjective, verb
mailed is spelled M-A-I-L-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, mailed means “Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mailed?
| Letters | 6: M-A-I-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mailed?
Mailed appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mailed?
- /meɪld/
- [meɪɫd]
Mailed has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with mailed?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mailed.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: medial.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mailed
- more mailed comparative
- most mailed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mailed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.
- 2
rareResembling the scales of armor.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of mail (“send by post”)
- 2
simple past and past participle of mail
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mailed come from?
From Middle English mayled; equivalent to mail (“chainmail; spot on a bird's feather”) + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).