make
[meɪk]
The verdict
“make” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,200. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,200
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - machen, herstellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-make · make · German
make · rank #5,200 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,200
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Liberalen
Nearest frequency peer: Liberalen (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „make“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Käufer
Käufer
94,804 corpus weight
- leeren
leeren
94,803 corpus weight
- Liberalen
Liberalen
94,802 corpus weight
- make
make
94,801 corpus weight
- Manuel
Manuel
94,800 corpus weight
- Mithilfe
Mithilfe
94,799 corpus weight
What this shows „make“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | make |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [meɪk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „make“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around make (IPA [meɪk]), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,200 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "machen, herstellen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for make, with forms such as "amke", "maek", and "makke". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "me", "Mk", "man", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is make, spelled M-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1machen, herstellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how make appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Can you make a cake?
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amke
- maek
- makke
- mkae
- mmake
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of make - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "make", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).