McClure
/məˈklʊə(ɹ)/
"mcclure" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McClure” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,497. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,497
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mcclure · McClure · English
McClure · rank #30,497 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,497
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH maw
Nearest frequency peer: maw (-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 “McClure”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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69,508 corpus weight
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69,507 corpus weight
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69,506 corpus weight
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McClure
69,504 corpus weight
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69,502 corpus weight
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69,501 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “McClure” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McClure |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /məˈklʊə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #30,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “McClure” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around McClure (IPA /məˈklʊə(ɹ)/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,497 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for McClure, with forms such as "cmclure", "mccllure", and "mcclrue". 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 Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir and Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir (“son of the dun lad”), from Mac + gille + uidhir, obsolete form of odhar (“dun; dark”). The correct English form is McClure, spelled M-C-C-L-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A place in the United States:
- 3A place in the United States:
- 4A place in the United States:
- 5A place in the United States:
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir and Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir (“son of the dun lad”), from Mac + gille + uidhir, obsolete form of odhar (“dun; dark”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cmclure
- mccllure
- mcclrue
- mccluer
- mcclurre
- mcculre
- mclcure
- mclure
- mmcclure
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of McClure - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "McClure", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #30,497 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
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.