Which to use
“make” and “maki” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,029
- “make” frequency rank
- #42,449
- “maki” frequency rank
- 52478
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | make | maki |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Marque. | Espèce de la famille des lémuridés vivant à Madagascar, à museau allongé, au pelage épais et laineux et à la queue longue et touffue. |
Where the eye mixes make and maki
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between make and maki
A purely visual mix-up. make (\ˈmeɪk\) and maki (\ma.ki\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “make” becomes i in “maki”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52478, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
make is recorded at frequency rank #10,029, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈmeɪk\. maki is at rank #42,449, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ki\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 52478, this pair ranks #147,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of make vs maki
Shared letters: akm. Private to "make": e. Private to "maki": i.
"make" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "maki" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "make" and "maki" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "make" vs "maki" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "make" and "maki" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "make" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maki" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #147,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "make" and "maki" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maid vs maki". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #147,450 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.