makai
"makai" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“makai” is uncommon English (frequency #95,105 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,105
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seaward, towards the sea.
Corpus desk
Index EN-makai · makai · English
makai · rank #95,105 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,105
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mahomet
Nearest frequency peer: Mahomet (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “makai”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- MacPhail
MacPhail
4,902 corpus weight
- Mahar
Mahar
4,898 corpus weight
- Mahomet
Mahomet
4,897 corpus weight
- makai
makai
4,896 corpus weight
- malnourishm…
malnourishment
4,893 corpus weight
- manhandle
manhandle
4,891 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “makai” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | makai |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “makai” in English
Rare enough to double-check
makai is uncommon English at frequency #95,105 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "seaward, towards the sea.".
makai doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hawaiian makai (“seaward”). The correct English form is makai, spelled M-A-K-A-I.
Definition
- 1seaward, towards the sea.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how makai appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There are plenty of lots for sale — ranging from $30,000 to $60,000 for an acre that’s mauka (toward the mountain), and $100,000 or much higher for land that’s makai (toward the sea).
Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian makai (“seaward”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).