maken
"maken" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“maken” is uncommon English (frequency #96,186 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,186
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural simple present of make
Corpus desk
Index EN-maken · maken · English
maken · rank #96,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,186
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mahr
Nearest frequency peer: mahr (-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 “maken”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- madrassa
madrassa
3,817 corpus weight
- mahr
mahr
3,816 corpus weight
- maken
maken
3,815 corpus weight
- Maley
Maley
3,814 corpus weight
- mallam
mallam
3,813 corpus weight
- Maloof
Maloof
3,812 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “maken” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maken |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “maken” in English
Rare enough to double-check
maken is uncommon English at frequency #96,186 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural simple present of make".
maken has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English maken, equivalent to make + -en. The correct English form is maken, spelled M-A-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1plural simple present of make
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And emõges his familiares theſe wordes folowyng were muche in his mouthe: The damyſelles of Perſia maken ſore yies.
To whom no ſhare in armes and cheualree, / They doe impart, ne maken memoree[…]
Etymology
From Middle English maken, equivalent to make + -en.
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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