McBride

name

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"mcbride" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“McBride” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,643. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,643
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mcbride · McBride · English

McBride · rank #19,643 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,643
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH meddling

Nearest frequency peer: meddling (+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 “McBride”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “McBride” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for McBride
PropertyValue
HeadwordMcBride
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,643
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “McBride”

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).McBridelands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “meddling” (#19,644), “margarita” (#19,641), “Nadia” (#19,645). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “McBride” is #19,643. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around McBride, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,643 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for McBride, with forms such as "cmbride", "mbcride", and "mcbbride". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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: Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Brighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”). Compare Kilbride, Bredin. The correct English form is McBride, spelled M-C-B-R-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A place name:
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    A place name:
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Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Brighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”). Compare Kilbride, Bredin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cmbride
  • mbcride
  • mcbbride
  • mcbirde
  • mcbrdie
  • mcbridde
  • mcbried
  • mcbrride
  • mccbride
  • mcrbide
  • mmcbride

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of McBride - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cmbride2mbcride2mcbbride1mcbirde2mcbrdie2mcbridde1mcbried2mcbrride1
Edit distance from "McBride"

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 "McBride"?
"McBride" is spelled M-C-B-R-I-D-E.
What does "McBride" mean?
As a proper noun, "McBride" means: A surname.
What are common misspellings of "McBride"?
Common misspellings include "cmbride", "mbcride", "mcbbride", "mcbirde", "mcbrdie". The correct spelling is "McBride".
What is the origin of the word "McBride"?
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Brighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”). Compare Kilbride, Bredin. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Maguire#19,640Peabody#19,656peptide#19,659inferno#19,621

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

meddling11 variantsovertake11 variantshurtful11 variantshastily11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list