Hand made or handmade?
hand made is an adjective meaning “Alternative form of handmade”; handmade is an adjective meaning “Made by hand; manufactured manually”. hand made is written as two words and handmade as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between hand made and handmade?
| hand made | handmade | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective, noun | adjective, noun |
| Meaning | Alternative form of handmade | Made by hand; manufactured manually An art or craft object made by hand |
| Example | none recorded | handmade jewels |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈhændˌmeɪd/ /ˌhændˈmeɪd/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 4.4 times per million words |
Sources: hand made and handmade in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of hand made and handmade
hand made
- 1
Alternative form of handmade
- 2
Alternative form of handmade
- 3
Alternative form of handmade
handmade
- 1
Made by hand; manufactured manually
handmade jewels
- 2
An art or craft object made by hand
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, hand made or handmade?
hand made is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; handmade 4.4 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search hand made vs handmade?
“hand made vs handmade” is searched about 30 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“handmade vs hand made”, “hand made or handmade”).
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