# McLean vs McLeod

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### McLean
*name · IPA /məˈkleɪn/ · frequency rank #15,448*
A surname.

### McLeod
*name · IPA /məˈklaʊd/ · frequency rank #23,900*
A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, the anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac Leòid

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