Which to use
“mails” and “mois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,725
- “mails” frequency rank
- #184
- “mois” frequency rank
- 7909
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mails | mois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mail. | Chacune des douze parties de l’année, dont chacune contient trente ou trente et un jours, excepté la seconde (février), qui est de vingt-huit jours dans les années ordinaires, et de vingt-neuf dans les années bissextiles. |
Where the eye mixes mails and mois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses mails with mois
A purely visual mix-up. mails (\maj\) and mois (\mwa\) 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 7909, 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\. mois is at rank #184, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mwa\.
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 7909, this pair ranks #421,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mails vs mois
Shared letters: ims. Private to "mails": al. Private to "mois": o.
"mails" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "mois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mails" and "mois" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mails" vs "mois" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mails" and "mois" 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 "mois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #421,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mails" and "mois" 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 #421,752 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.