marcha
[ˈmaɾt͡ʃa]
The verdict
“marcha” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,020 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,020
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción de marchar.
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 | marcha |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaɾt͡ʃa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marcha” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for marcha is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmaɾt͡ʃa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,020 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for marcha, with forms such as "amrcha", "macrha", and "marcah". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mucha", "María", "marco", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is marcha, spelled M-A-R-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1Acción de marchar.
- 2Hoguera de leña que se hace en la Rioja a las puertas de las casas cómo señal de regocijo.
- 3Grado de celeridad en el andar de un buque.
- 4Orden de marcha₁.
- 5Toque de caja o de clarín para que marche la tropa o para hacer los honores supremos militares.
- 6Pieza de música, de carácter solemne y de ritmo muy determinado, destinada a regularizar la marcha de la tropa o de un numeroso cortejo.
- 7Cada una de las numerosas combinaciones de engranajes del vehículo, que dan como resultado distinto par y distinta velocidad máxima para cada una.
- 8Prueba atlética que consiste en recorrer una determinada distancia marchando, esto es, caminando lo más rápido que se pueda, sin llegar a correr (levantar los dos pies del suelo al mismo tiempo se considera falta).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amrcha,macrha,marcah,marccha,marchha,marhca,marrcha,mmarcha,mracha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marcha - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “marcha”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-R-C-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmaɾt͡ʃa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mucha” - see the side-by-side comparison. marcha vs mucha
- 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.