McCarrick
"mccarrick" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McCarrick” is uncommon English (frequency #93,969 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,969
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mccarrick · McCarrick · English
McCarrick · rank #93,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,969
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH McMinn
Nearest frequency peer: McMinn (+2 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 “McCarrick”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Maybury
Maybury
6,036 corpus weight
- Mayers
Mayers
6,035 corpus weight
- McCarrick
McCarrick
6,032 corpus weight
- McMinn
McMinn
6,030 corpus weight
- McMurtry
McMurtry
6,029 corpus weight
- McNaught
McNaught
6,028 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “McCarrick” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McCarrick |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “McCarrick” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
McCarrick is uncommon English at frequency #93,969 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for McCarrick, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Two main origins: * Anglicized form of Irish Mac Con Charraige (“son of the hound of the rock”), from cú (“hound”) and carraig (“rock”). * Anglicized form of Irish Mac Con Chathrach (“son of the hound of the fortress”), from cú (“hound”) and cathair (“castl… The correct English form is McCarrick, spelled M-C-C-A-R-R-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Two main origins: * Anglicized form of Irish Mac Con Charraige (“son of the hound of the rock”), from cú (“hound”) and carraig (“rock”). * Anglicized form of Irish Mac Con Chathrach (“son of the hound of the fortress”), from cú (“hound”) and cathair (“castle, fortress”).
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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.