mails

/meɪlz/

//meɪlz// verb

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"mails" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mails” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,635. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,635
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of mail

Corpus desk

Index EN-mails · mails · English

mails · rank #12,635 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,635
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH luna

Nearest frequency peer: luna (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “mails”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “mails” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mails vs mil
60% similar
mails vs mal
60% similar
mails vs main
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mails
PropertyValue
Headwordmails
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/meɪlz/
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,635
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mails”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).mailslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “luna” (#12,634), “Malik” (#12,636), “lotus” (#12,633). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “mails” is #12,635. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around mails (IPA /meɪlz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,635 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of mail".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mails, with forms such as "amils", "maills", and "mailss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mil", "mal", "main", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is mails, spelled M-A-I-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of mail

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amils
  • maills
  • mailss
  • maisl
  • malis
  • mials
  • mmails

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mails - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amils2maills1mailss1maisl2malis2mials2mmails1
Edit distance from "mails"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mails"?
"mails" is spelled M-A-I-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is /meɪlz/.
What does "mails" mean?
As a verb, "mails" means: third-person singular simple present indicative of mail
What words are commonly confused with "mails"?
"mails" is commonly confused with "mil", "mal", "main". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mails"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mails" is /meɪlz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mails" come from?
"mails" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mails", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Malik#12,636lotus#12,633paddy#12,649paved#12,651

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

gamer7 variantsridden7 variantsdebit7 variantsClive7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list