How to spell making

Making is spelled M-A-K-I-N-G.

hear itmak·ing/'meɪkɪŋ/verbRules and real life

What it means: To create or produce something.

In a sentence: The boy is making a colorful kite for the festival.

Same family: made, maker, remaking, making-up, homemaking. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Making” comes from the Old English verb “macian,” meaning “to build, create, or prepare.” Over time, adding “-ing” turned the verb into a noun that names the process or act of creating something.

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