McCrory
"mccrory" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McCrory” is uncommon English (frequency #53,688 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,688
- 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-mccrory · McCrory · English
McCrory · rank #53,688 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,688
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH McCloskey
Nearest frequency peer: McCloskey (-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 “McCrory”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- materialise
materialise
46,316 corpus weight
- Maxie
Maxie
46,315 corpus weight
- McCloskey
McCloskey
46,314 corpus weight
- McCrory
McCrory
46,313 corpus weight
- McCutcheon
McCutcheon
46,312 corpus weight
- McEvoy
McEvoy
46,311 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “McCrory” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McCrory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “McCrory” in English
Rare enough to double-check
McCrory is uncommon English at frequency #53,688 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
McCrory has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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 Northern Irish Mac Ruaidhrí (“son of Ruaidhrí”), a personal name composed of the elements ruadh (“red”) + rí (“king”). The correct English form is McCrory, spelled M-C-C-R-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
- 2A city in Woodruff County, Arkansas, United States.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Ruaidhrí (“son of Ruaidhrí”), a personal name composed of the elements ruadh (“red”) + rí (“king”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).