McAfee
"mcafee" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McAfee” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,494
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mcafee · McAfee · English
McAfee · rank #32,494 · 8 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,494
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mayday
Nearest frequency peer: mayday (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “McAfee”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- mantel
mantel
67,511 corpus weight
- mayday
mayday
67,508 corpus weight
- McAfee
McAfee
67,507 corpus weight
- Meier
Meier
67,505 corpus weight
- melons
melons
67,504 corpus weight
- melton
melton
67,503 corpus weight
What this shows “McAfee” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McAfee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “McAfee”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around McAfee, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,494 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for McAfee, with forms such as "cmafee", "macfee", and "mcaefe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "McGee", "McKee", "McPhee", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe (“son of Dhuibhshít”), a personal name composed of dubh (“black”) + síth (“peace”). The correct English form is McAfee, spelled M-C-A-F-E-E.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe (“son of Dhuibhshít”), a personal name composed of dubh (“black”) + síth (“peace”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cmafee
- macfee
- mcaefe
- mcafe
- mcaffee
- mccafee
- mcfaee
- mmcafee
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of McAfee - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).