Which to use
“Magee” and “McGee” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,175
- “Magee” frequency rank
- #17,897
- “McGee” frequency rank
- 52072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Magee | McGee |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | A surname from Irish. |
Letter map: Magee vs McGee
Shared letters muted; letters that set Magee and McGee apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Corpus notes: Magee and McGee
Magee and McGee are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - a in “Magee” becomes c in “McGee”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Magee is recorded at frequency rank #34,175, classified as aname, pronounced /məˈɡiː/. McGee is at rank #17,897, tagged as aname.
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 52072, this pair ranks #160,080 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Magee vs McGee
Shared letters: egm. Private to "Magee": a. Private to "McGee": c.
"Magee" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "McGee" · 5 letters · shape CCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Magee" and "McGee" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "Magee" or "McGee" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Magee" and "McGee".
- Full dictionary entry for "Magee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "McGee" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,080 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Magee" and "McGee" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Magee vs Marne". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #160,080 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.