Which to use
“makes” and “maki” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,884
- “makes” frequency rank
- #42,449
- “maki” frequency rank
- 84333
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | makes | maki |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de make. | 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 makes and maki
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between makes and maki
A purely visual mix-up. makes (\ˈmeɪks\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84333, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
makes is recorded at frequency rank #41,884, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈmeɪks\. 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 84333, this pair ranks #13,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of makes vs maki
Shared letters: akm. Private to "makes": es. Private to "maki": i.
"makes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "maki" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "makes" and "maki" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "makes" vs "maki" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "makes" and "maki" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "makes" 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 #13,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "makes" 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 #13,189 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.