# making

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmeɪkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #264

## Definitions
1. The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
2. Process of growth or development.

## Etymology
From Middle English making, from Old English macung (“making”), equivalent to make + -ing. Cognate with dated Dutch making (“making”), Old High German machunga.

## Easily confused with
- **ming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-ming)
- **mang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-mang)
- **Marin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-marin)
- **Malin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-malin)
- **moving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-moving)
- **mining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-mining)
- **marine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-marine)
- **mixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-mixing)
- **marina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-marina)
- **mating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-mating)
- **Maxine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-maxine)
- **mowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-mowing)
- **Mekong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-mekong)
- **malkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-malkin)
- **musing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-musing)
- **meaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-meaning)
- **marking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-marking)
- **mankind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-mankind)
- **mapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-mapping)
- **mocking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-mocking)

## Common misspellings (9)
`amking`, `maikng`, `makign`, `makingg`, `makinng`, `makking`, `maknig`, `mkaing`, `mmaking`

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