machado
[maˈt͡ʃað̞o]
The verdict
“machado” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #10,704 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,704
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Herramienta para cortar madera.
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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for machado is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈt͡ʃað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,704 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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Using “machado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-C-H-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈt͡ʃað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “macho” - see the side-by-side comparison. machado vs macho
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.