McCourt

name

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

The verdict

“McCourt” is uncommon English (frequency #54,327 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,327
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.

Key facts for McCourt
PropertyValue
HeadwordMcCourt
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,327
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “McCourt” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). McCourt lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

McCourt is uncommon English at frequency #54,327 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".

Zero misspellings are on record for McCourt in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of McCord. The correct English form is McCourt, spelled M-C-C-O-U-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Variant of McCord.

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 "McCourt"?
"McCourt" is spelled M-C-C-O-U-R-T.
What does "McCourt" mean?
As a proper noun, "McCourt" means: A surname.
What is the origin of the word "McCourt"?
Variant of McCord. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “McCourt”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-C-C-O-U-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list