Which to use
“mails” and “malles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,725
- “mails” frequency rank
- #46,281
- “malles” frequency rank
- 54006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mails | malles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mail. | Pluriel de malle. |
Where the eye mixes mails and malles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mails vs malles
A purely visual mix-up. mails (\maj\) and malles (\mal\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mails is recorded at frequency rank #7,725, classified as anoun, pronounced \maj\. malles is at rank #46,281, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mal\.
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 54006, this pair ranks #136,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mails vs malles
Shared letters: alms. Private to "mails": i. Private to "malles": e.
"mails" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "malles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mails" for "malles" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mails" vs "malles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mails" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "malles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mails" and "malles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malles vs manies". 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 #136,938 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.