maker
/ˈmeɪk.ə/
"maker" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“maker” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,871. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,871
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-maker · maker · English
maker · rank #4,871 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,871
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH leo
Nearest frequency peer: leo (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “maker”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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laptop
95,133 corpus weight
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legendary
95,132 corpus weight
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leo
95,131 corpus weight
- maker
maker
95,130 corpus weight
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Margaret
95,129 corpus weight
- Mario
Mario
95,128 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “maker” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmeɪk.ə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maker” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around maker (IPA /ˈmeɪk.ə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,871 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for maker, with forms such as "amker", "maekr", and "makerr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mar", "mer", "male", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English maker, makere, equivalent to make + -er. Compare Scots makar, Saterland Frisian Moaker, West Frisian makker, Dutch maker, German Macher, Danish mager, Swedish makare. Doublet of makar. The correct English form is maker, spelled M-A-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
- 2God, the Creator.
- 3A poet.
- 4Someone who signs a promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The silhouette sharpens and fades as the carving is moved before the flames of the hearth, its maker grunts in perfect imitation of the ancestor - a human-lioness in oestrus.
Ukrainian and foreign UAV makers rock up early at an open field in the outskirts of Kyiv, to take part in a drone competition organized by the Ministry of Digital Transformation.
Etymology
From Middle English maker, makere, equivalent to make + -er. Compare Scots makar, Saterland Frisian Moaker, West Frisian makker, Dutch maker, German Macher, Danish mager, Swedish makare. Doublet of makar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amker
- maekr
- makerr
- makker
- makre
- mkaer
- mmaker
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maker - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maker", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "maker" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "mar". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,871 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
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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.