Which to use
“mails” and “miss” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,725
- “mails” frequency rank
- #3,086
- “miss” frequency rank
- 10811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mails | miss |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mail. | Mademoiselle en Angleterre ou dans le monde anglo-saxon. |
Where the eye mixes mails and miss
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between mails and miss
A purely visual mix-up. mails (\maj\) and miss (\mis\) 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 10811, 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\. miss is at rank #3,086, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mis\.
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 10811, this pair ranks #411,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mails vs miss
Shared letters: ims. Private to "mails": al. Private to "miss": -.
"mails" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "miss" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mails" and "miss" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mails" or "miss"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mails" and "miss" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mails" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "miss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mails" and "miss" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maid vs mails". 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 #411,575 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.