machado
[maˈt͡ʃað̞o]
The verdict
“machado” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,704. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,704
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Herramienta para cortar madera.
Corpus desk
Index ES-machado · machado · Spanish
machado · rank #10,704 · 10 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,704
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH Lu
Nearest frequency peer: Lu (-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 “machado”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- litro
litro
89,300 corpus weight
- localizado
localizado
89,299 corpus weight
- Lu
Lu
89,298 corpus weight
- machado
machado
89,297 corpus weight
- manta
manta
89,296 corpus weight
- marcan
marcan
89,295 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “machado” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | machado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈt͡ʃað̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “machado” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around machado (IPA [maˈt͡ʃað̞o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,704 among 36,142 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Herramienta para cortar madera.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for machado, with forms such as "amchado", "macahdo", and "macchado". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "macho", "matado", "mamado", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is machado, spelled M-A-C-H-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Herramienta para cortar madera.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amchado
- macahdo
- macchado
- machaddo
- machaod
- machdao
- machhado
- mahcado
- mcahado
- mmachado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of machado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "machado", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.