macha
/mətʃaː/
"macha" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“macha” is uncommon English (frequency #76,082 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,082
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - best friend
Corpus desk
Index EN-macha · macha · English
macha · rank #76,082 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,082
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Lujan
Nearest frequency peer: Lujan (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “macha”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lowenthal
Lowenthal
23,923 corpus weight
- luckless
luckless
23,922 corpus weight
- Lujan
Lujan
23,921 corpus weight
- macha
macha
23,919 corpus weight
- Macht
Macht
23,917 corpus weight
- mackinaw
mackinaw
23,916 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “macha” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mətʃaː/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,082 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “macha” in English
Rare enough to double-check
macha is uncommon English at frequency #76,082 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mətʃaː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "best friend".
macha doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Tamil மச்சான் (maccāṉ) The correct English form is macha, spelled M-A-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1best friend
Etymology
Transliteration of Tamil மச்சான் (maccāṉ)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).