# McKnight vs midnight

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### McKnight
*name · frequency rank #32,915*
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

### midnight
*noun · IPA /ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/ · frequency rank #4,253*
The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.

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