# MacDonald vs McDonald

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### MacDonald
*name · IPA /məkˈdɒnəld/ · frequency rank #11,413*
A surname from Scottish Gaelic common in Scotland.

### McDonald
*name · IPA /məkˈdɒnəld/ · frequency rank #10,083*
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/macdonald-vs-mcdonald