# macabre vs McCabe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### macabre
*adjective · IPA /ˌməˈkɑː.bɹə/ · frequency rank #31,641*
Representing or personifying death.

### McCabe
*name · IPA /məˈkeɪb/ · frequency rank #24,511*
A surname from Irish.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macabre-vs-mccabe