Which to use
“Mailly” is a name and “mails” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,258
- “Mailly” frequency rank
- #7,725
- “mails” frequency rank
- 37983
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mailly | mails |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Pluriel de mail. |
Letter map: Mailly vs mails
Shared letters muted; letters that set Mailly and mails apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Grammar separator: Mailly vs mails
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mailly is aname and mailsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37983, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mailly is recorded at frequency rank #30,258, classified as aname. mails is at rank #7,725, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maj\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 37983, this pair ranks #258,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Mailly vs mails
Shared letters: ailm. Private to "Mailly": y. Private to "mails": s.
"Mailly" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "mails" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Mailly" for "mails" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Mailly" or "mails"?
What to do next
Pair "Mailly" vs "mails" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mailly" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mails" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #258,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mailly" and "mails" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mailly vs Milla". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #258,558 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.