# McCormick

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /məˈkɔː(ɹ)mɪk/ · frequency rank #22,436

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Pope County, Illinois, United States.
3. A town, the county seat of McCormick County, South Carolina, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States.

## Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Cormaic (literally “son of Cormac”), from Old Irish Cormac, Corbmac, which is itself from corb (“chariot”) + mac (“son”). The double patronymic "arose when the meaning of Cormac began to be lost sight of". Many books of baby names also connect the name to an Irish word for "raven".

## Easily confused with
- **McCormack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mccormack-vs-mccormick)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cmcormick`, `mccomrick`, `mccorimck`, `mccormcik`, `mccormicck`, `mccormickk`, `mccormikc`, `mccormmick`, `mccorrmick`, `mccromick`, `mcocrmick`, `mcormick`, `mmccormick`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mccormick