machacando
[mat͡ʃaˈkãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“machacando” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,903 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,903
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gerundio de machacar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-machacando · machacando · Spanish
machacando · rank #67,903 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,903
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH macanas
Nearest frequency peer: macanas (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “machacando”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lusa
Lusa
32,102 corpus weight
- luzcan
luzcan
32,101 corpus weight
- lácteas
lácteas
32,100 corpus weight
- macanas
macanas
32,099 corpus weight
- machacando
machacando
32,098 corpus weight
- malhechor
malhechor
32,095 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “machacando” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | machacando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [mat͡ʃaˈkãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “machacando” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
machacando is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,903 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [mat͡ʃaˈkãn̪d̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerundio de machacar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for machacando in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is machacando, spelled M-A-C-H-A-C-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Gerundio de machacar.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.