makes

//meɪks// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,124

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

makes is aSpanishverb. It means: Hace, Presente del modo indicativo para la tercera persona del singular del verbo make. Pronounced /meɪks/. Often confused with más and mes.

Key facts for makes
PropertyValue
Headwordmakes
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/meɪks/
Letters5
Frequency rank#49,124
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of makes in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for makes is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /meɪks/. Corpus data places it at rank #49,124 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hace, Presente del modo indicativo para la tercera persona del singular del verbo make.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for makes, with forms such as "amkes", "maeks", and "makess". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "más", "mes", "mate", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is makes, spelled M-A-K-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hace, Presente del modo indicativo para la tercera persona del singular del verbo make.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amkes,maeks,makess,makkes,makse,mkaes,mmakes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for makes

Misspelling Variants of "makes"

amkes5maeks5makess6makkes6makse5mkaes5mmakes6
Misspelling Variants of "makes"

Frequency rank: #49,124 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "makes"?
"makes" is spelled M-A-K-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /meɪks/.
What does "makes" mean?
As a verb, "makes" means: Hace, Presente del modo indicativo para la tercera persona del singular del verbo make.
What words are commonly confused with "makes"?
"makes" is commonly confused with "más", "mes", "mate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "makes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "makes" is /meɪks/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "makes" come from?
"makes" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.