machado

/[maˈt͡ʃað̞o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,704

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

machado is aSpanishnoun. It means: Herramienta para cortar madera. Pronounced [maˈt͡ʃað̞o]. Often confused with macho and matado.

Key facts for machado
PropertyValue
Headwordmachado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈt͡ʃað̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,704
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of machado in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for machado is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for machado, with forms such as "amchado", "macahdo", and "macchado". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "macho", "matado", "mamado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is machado, spelled M-A-C-H-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Herramienta para cortar madera.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amchado,macahdo,macchado,machaddo,machaod,machdao,machhado,mahcado,mcahado,mmachado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for machado

Misspelling Variants of "machado"

amchado7macahdo7macchado8machaddo8machaod7machdao7machhado8mahcado7
Misspelling Variants of "machado"

Frequency rank: #10,704 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "machado"?
"machado" is spelled M-A-C-H-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈt͡ʃað̞o].
What does "machado" mean?
As a noun, "machado" means: Herramienta para cortar madera.
What words are commonly confused with "machado"?
"machado" is commonly confused with "macho", "matado", "mamado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "machado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "machado" is [maˈt͡ʃað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "machado" come from?
"machado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.