Magee vs McKee, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Magee” and “McKee” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,175
“Magee” frequency rank: #29,371
“McKee” frequency rank: 63546
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Magee	McKee
Definition	A surname.	A surname from Irish.

Letter map: Magee vs McKee

Shared letters muted; letters that set Magee and McKee apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

Magee

5 ch

McKee

Pair insight - Magee / McKee

Magee and McKee 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63546, 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/. McKee is at rank #29,371, 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 63546, this pair ranks #82,369 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Magee vs McKee

Shared letters: em. Private to "Magee": ag. Private to "McKee": ck.

"Magee" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "McKee" · 5 letters · shape CCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

Magee ← amgee · maege · maggee · mgaee · mmagee
McKee ← cmkee · mcckee · mceke · mcke · mckkee · mkcee · mmckee

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Magee" for "McKee" ever safe?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary English text, does "Magee" or "McKee" show up more?

"McKee" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,371 in our English list, against #34,175 for "Magee". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Magee" and "McKee".

Full dictionary entry for "Magee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "McKee" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #82,369 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Magee" and "McKee" 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 #82,369 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.