Which to use
“mile” and “mle” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,682
- “mile” frequency rank
- #43,557
- “mle” frequency rank
- 59239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mile | mle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité de mesure de longueur anglo-saxonne, valant 1,760 yards (verges), soit 5,280 pieds, ou encore exactement 1 609,344 mètres. Son symbole est mi. | Abréviation de matricule. |
Letter map: mile vs mle
Shared letters muted; letters that set mile and mle apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mile runs 4 letters (CVCV) against mle's 3 (CCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: mile and mle
mile and mle are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mile is recorded at frequency rank #15,682, classified as anoun, pronounced \majl\. mle is at rank #43,557, tagged as anoun.
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 59239, this pair ranks #104,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mile vs mle
Shared letters: elm. Private to "mile": i. Private to "mle": -.
"mile" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mle" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mile ← imle · mlie · mmile
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mile" for "mle" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mile" or "mle"?
What to do next
You've compared "mile" and "mle". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mile" and "mle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mle vs MWh". 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 #104,275 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.