Which to use
“machado” and “macho” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,704
- “machado” frequency rank
- #4,802
- “macho” frequency rank
- 15506
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | machado | macho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Herramienta para cortar madera. | En las especies de reproducción sexual, uno de los dos sexos, aquel que aporta el gameto de menor tamaño al cigoto y que entre los vertebrados no gesta internamente en ningún momento. |
Where the eye mixes machado and macho
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. machado ([maˈt͡ʃað̞o]) and macho ([ˈmat͡ʃo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15506, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
machado is recorded at frequency rank #10,704, classified as anoun, pronounced [maˈt͡ʃað̞o]. macho is at rank #4,802, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmat͡ʃo].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 15506, this pair ranks #279,865 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of machado vs macho
Shared letters: achmo. Private to "machado": d. Private to "macho": -.
"machado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "macho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV