# mice

> English word · Noun · IPA /maɪs/ · frequency rank #6,166

## Definitions
1. plural of mouse

## Etymology
From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), from an umlauted form of Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse.

## Easily confused with
- **mix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mix)
- **min** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-min)
- **mil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mil)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mit)
- **moe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-moe)
- **mir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mir)
- **mig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mig)
- **Mme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mme)
- **miz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-miz)
- **MPC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mpc)
- **mim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mim)
- **MRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mrc)
- **Mie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mie)
- **moc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-moc)
- **Mii** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mii)
- **MMC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mmc)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-more)
- **much** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-much)
- **mind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mind)
- **move** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-move)

## Common misspellings (5)
`imce`, `mcie`, `micce`, `miec`, `mmice`

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