Magnuson

name

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"magnuson" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Magnuson” is uncommon English (frequency #65,283 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,283
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.

Key facts for Magnuson
PropertyValue
HeadwordMagnuson
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,283
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Magnuson” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Magnuson lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Magnuson is uncommon English at frequency #65,283 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Magnuson, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the North Germanic/Scandinavian surname, from Swedish Magnusson, Danish and Norwegian Magnussen, all from Old Norse Magnusen, a patronym meaning "son of Magnus," from Latin Magnus, from magnus (“great”). The correct English form is Magnuson, spelled M-A-G-N-U-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A Scandinavian surname, equivalent to English Manson.

Etymology

From the North Germanic/Scandinavian surname, from Swedish Magnusson, Danish and Norwegian Magnussen, all from Old Norse Magnusen, a patronym meaning "son of Magnus," from Latin Magnus, from magnus (“great”).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Magnuson"?
"Magnuson" is spelled M-A-G-N-U-S-O-N.
What does "Magnuson" mean?
As a proper noun, "Magnuson" means: A surname.
What is the origin of the word "Magnuson"?
From the North Germanic/Scandinavian surname, from Swedish Magnusson, Danish and Norwegian Magnussen, all from Old Norse Magnusen, a patronym meaning "son of Magnus," from Latin Magnus, from magnus (“great”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Magnuson”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-A-G-N-U-S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list