McAdams
"mcadams" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McAdams” is uncommon English (frequency #50,658 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,658
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mcadams · McAdams · English
McAdams · rank #50,658 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,658
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH meowing
Nearest frequency peer: meowing (+4 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “McAdams”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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49,349 corpus weight
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49,348 corpus weight
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McAdams
49,343 corpus weight
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meowing
49,339 corpus weight
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metalworking
49,338 corpus weight
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Miao
49,337 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “McAdams” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McAdams |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “McAdams” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
McAdams is uncommon English at frequency #50,658 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Scottish Gaelic.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for McAdams, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: A variant of McAdam. The correct English form is McAdams, spelled M-C-A-D-A-M-S.
Definition
- 1A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Etymology
A variant of McAdam.
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.
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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.