McAdoo
"mcadoo" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McAdoo” is uncommon English (frequency #51,240 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,240
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mcadoo · McAdoo · English
McAdoo · rank #51,240 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,240
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH meekly
Nearest frequency peer: meekly (+1 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 “McAdoo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- marinara
marinara
48,764 corpus weight
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marmite
48,763 corpus weight
- McAdoo
McAdoo
48,761 corpus weight
- meekly
meekly
48,760 corpus weight
- Megumi
Megumi
48,759 corpus weight
- methionine
methionine
48,758 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “McAdoo” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McAdoo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “McAdoo” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
McAdoo is uncommon English at frequency #51,240 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for McAdoo, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conduibh (“son of the black hound”), from cú (“hound”) and dubh (“black”). Compare McCunniff and McNiff. The correct English form is McAdoo, spelled M-C-A-D-O-O.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
- 2A town in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- 3An unincorporated community in Dickens County, Texas, United States.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conduibh (“son of the black hound”), from cú (“hound”) and dubh (“black”). Compare McCunniff and McNiff.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency 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.