MCAT

noun

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"mcat" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“MCAT” is uncommon English (frequency #55,592 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,592
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acronym of Medical College Admission Test.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mcat · MCAT · English

MCAT · rank #55,592 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,592
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH melba

Nearest frequency peer: melba (+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.

Long-tail ranks near “MCAT”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “MCAT” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for MCAT
PropertyValue
HeadwordMCAT
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#55,592
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “MCAT” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).MCATfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “melba” (#55,593), “matting” (#55,590), “metabolize” (#55,594). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “MCAT” is #55,592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

MCAT is uncommon English at frequency #55,592 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for MCAT in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is MCAT, spelled M-C-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acronym of Medical College Admission Test.
  2. 2
    the drug mephedrone.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how MCAT appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “Please, save me from the boredom of this practice test. I might actually die if I have to do another one. Can you imagine? Death by MCAT as you strive to become a doctor.”

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 "MCAT"?
"MCAT" is spelled M-C-A-T.
What does "MCAT" mean?
As a noun, "MCAT" means: Acronym of Medical College Admission Test.
What language does "MCAT" come from?
"MCAT" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "MCAT", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

MPLS#55,604lyne#55,573Nass#55,612noni#55,617

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list