Which to use
“maki” and “Maxim” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,449
- “maki” frequency rank
- #29,437
- “Maxim” frequency rank
- 71886
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maki | Maxim |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espèce de la famille des lémuridés vivant à Madagascar, à museau allongé, au pelage épais et laineux et à la queue longue et touffue. | Mitrailleuse auto-alimentée, conçue par Hiram Maxim en 1884. |
Where the eye mixes maki and Maxim
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. maki runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Maxim's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: maki vs Maxim
A purely visual mix-up. maki (\ma.ki\) and Maxim (\mak.sim\) 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 71886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maki is recorded at frequency rank #42,449, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ki\. Maxim is at rank #29,437, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mak.sim\.
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 71886, this pair ranks #45,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maki vs Maxim
Shared letters: aim. Private to "maki": k. Private to "Maxim": x.
"maki" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Maxim" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "maki" for "Maxim" ever safe?
Frequency check: "maki" vs "Maxim" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "maki" and "Maxim" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maki" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Maxim" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maki" and "Maxim" 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 #45,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.