merrymaking

noun

"merrymaking" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“merrymaking” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration.

Corpus desk

Index EN-merrymaking · merrymaking · English

merrymaking · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for merrymaking
PropertyValue
Headwordmerrymaking
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “merrymaking” in English

merrymakingranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

merrymaking is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration.".

merrymaking has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From merry + making. The correct English form is merrymaking, spelled M-E-R-R-Y-M-A-K-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration.

Etymology

From merry + making.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "merrymaking"?
"merrymaking" is spelled M-E-R-R-Y-M-A-K-I-N-G.
What does "merrymaking" mean?
As a noun, "merrymaking" means: Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration.
What is the origin of the word "merrymaking"?
From merry + making. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list