makes
\ˈmeɪks\
The verdict
“makes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,884
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de make.
Corpus desk
Index FR-makes · makes · French
makes · rank #41,884 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,884
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mahal
Nearest frequency peer: mahal (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « makes »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- lâchant
lâchant
58,120 corpus weight
- Mado
Mado
58,119 corpus weight
- mahal
mahal
58,118 corpus weight
- makes
makes
58,117 corpus weight
- malsaines
malsaines
58,116 corpus weight
- manifestait
manifestait
58,115 corpus weight
What this shows « makes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | makes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈmeɪks\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #41,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « makes »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around makes (IPA \ˈmeɪks\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,884 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de make.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for makes, with forms such as "amkes", "maeks", and "makess". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mes", "mas", "mars", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is makes, spelled M-A-K-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de make.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amkes
- maeks
- makess
- makkes
- makse
- mkaes
- mmakes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of makes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).