# make vs MBE

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### make
*verb · IPA /meɪk/ · frequency rank #87*
To create.

### MBE
*noun · frequency rank #31,650*
Initialism of Member of the Order of the British Empire, a British honour originally intended for non-combatants in World War One.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/make-vs-mbe