machete
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#16,897
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
10
tracked variants
Confusables
4
similar word pairs
machete is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cuchillo grande, de un solo filo y más corto que una espada, que se utiliza para segar, cortar o podar plantas, especialmente para abrirse paso en la jungla. Pronounced [maˈt͡ʃet̪e]. Often confused with machine and machote.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | machete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈt͡ʃet̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for machete is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈt͡ʃet̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,897 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for machete, with forms such as "amchete", "macchete", and "macehte". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "machine", "machote", "machetes", 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 machete, spelled M-A-C-H-E-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Cuchillo grande, de un solo filo y más corto que una espada, que se utiliza para segar, cortar o podar plantas, especialmente para abrirse paso en la jungla.
- 2Anotaciones (normalmente realizadas en el propio cuerpo o en un papel pequeño) que se utilizan de forma clandestina como fuente de información en los exámenes.
- 3Máquina que corta el tabaco que se tiene que transformar en hebras.
- 4Actividad productiva que se realiza, por lo general, a cambio de un salario.
- 5Persona reacia a gastar o compartir sus bienes, especialmente dinero.
- 6Persona emprendedora y eficiente.
- 7Persona que habitualmente o por preferencia obtiene provecho a costa ajena.^([cita requerida]).
- 8Órgano eréctil que presenta el macho de los mamíferos, homólogo del clítoris femenino, en el que desembocan los conductos del tracto genitourinario. En algunos animales se retrae en la ingle, y sólo se extiende durante la excreción y la cópula; en el ser humano no es retráctil. Está compuesto en su mayor parte por tejidos esponjosos, llamados cuerpos cavernosos, que al saturarse de sangre producen la erección.
- 9Edición de un texto para abreviarlo considerablemente u omitir parte de su información.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amchete,macchete,macehte,macheet,machette,machhete,machtee,mahcete,mcahete,mmachete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for machete
Misspelling Variants of "machete"
Frequency rank: #16,897 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
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