# MacArthur vs McArthur

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### MacArthur
*name · IPA /məˈkɑː(ɹ)θə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #21,575*
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

### McArthur
*name · frequency rank #39,420*
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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