make love
"make-love" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“make love” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To make amorous approaches (to); to woo, romance, court.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | make love |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “make love” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for make love is 9 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
make love doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Old Occitan far amor, Middle French faire l'amour. The correct English form is make love, spelled M-A-K-E- -L-O-V-E.
Definition
- 1To make amorous approaches (to); to woo, romance, court.
- 2To engage in sexual intercourse.
Etymology
Calque of Old Occitan far amor, Middle French faire l'amour.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “make love”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-K-E- -L-O-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.