Which to use
“makes” and “malles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,884
- “makes” frequency rank
- #46,281
- “malles” frequency rank
- 88165
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | makes | malles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de make. | Pluriel de malle. |
Where the eye mixes makes and malles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. makes runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against malles's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: makes vs malles
A purely visual mix-up. makes (\ˈmeɪks\) and malles (\mal\) 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 88165, 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\. malles is at rank #46,281, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mal\.
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 88165, this pair ranks #7,331 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of makes vs malles
Shared letters: aems. Private to "makes": k. Private to "malles": l.
"makes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "malles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "makes" and "malles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "makes" vs "malles" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "makes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "malles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,331 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "makes" and "malles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malles vs manies". 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 #7,331 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.