Which to use
“McRae” is a name and “more” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,759
- “McRae” frequency rank
- #49
- “more” frequency rank
- 41808
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | McRae | more |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname from Scottish Gaelic. | comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) |
Letter map: McRae vs more
Shared letters muted; letters that set McRae and more apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - McRae and more
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: McRae is aname and moreadeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
McRae is recorded at frequency rank #41,759, classified as aname. more is at rank #49, tagged as adet, pronounced /mɔː(ɹ)/.
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 41808, this pair ranks #254,990 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of McRae vs more
Shared letters: emr. Private to "McRae": ac. Private to "more": o.
"McRae" · 5 letters · shape CCCVV · "more" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "McRae" for "more" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "McRae" or "more" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "McRae" vs "more" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "McRae" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "more" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #254,990 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "McRae" and "more" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Marne vs McRae". 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 #254,990 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.