# made

> English word · Noun · IPA /meːd/ · frequency rank #126

## Definitions
1. A grub or maggot.

## Etymology
From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot.

## Easily confused with
- **ME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-me)
- **MD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-md)
- **may** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-may)
- **man** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-man)
- **map** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-map)
- **max** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-max)
- **mar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-mar)
- **MUD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-mud)
- **mod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-mod)
- **med** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-med)
- **mat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-mat)
- **mag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-mag)
- **mao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-mao)
- **mal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-mal)
- **mai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-mai)
- **moe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-moe)
- **mah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-mah)
- **mam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-mam)
- **mak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-mak)
- **Mau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/made-vs-mau)

## Common misspellings (5)
`amde`, `madde`, `maed`, `mdae`, `mmade`

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