# Macaulay vs McCauley

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Macaulay
*name · IPA /məˈkɔːli/ · frequency rank #31,642*
A surname from Scottish Gaelic of Gaelic origin.

### McCauley
*name · frequency rank #46,613*
A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn from Old Norse].

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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