McClung
"mcclung" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McClung” is uncommon English (frequency #76,112 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,112
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mcclung · McClung · English
McClung · rank #76,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,112
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH McEntire
Nearest frequency peer: McEntire (+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 “McClung”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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matchstick
23,891 corpus weight
- McClung
McClung
23,889 corpus weight
- McEntire
McEntire
23,888 corpus weight
- meese
meese
23,884 corpus weight
- membranous
membranous
23,883 corpus weight
- menses
menses
23,882 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “McClung” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McClung |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “McClung” in English
Rare enough to double-check
McClung is uncommon English at frequency #76,112 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for McClung in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Luinge (“son of Lunge”), a personal name probably meaning "seafarer". The correct English form is McClung, spelled M-C-C-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- 2A ghost town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Luinge (“son of Lunge”), a personal name probably meaning "seafarer".
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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