McCutcheon

name

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"mccutcheon" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“McCutcheon” is uncommon English (frequency #53,689 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,689
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

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

Key facts for McCutcheon
PropertyValue
HeadwordMcCutcheon
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,689
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “McCutcheon” 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). McCutcheon 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

McCutcheon is uncommon English at frequency #53,689 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for McCutcheon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uisdein (“son of Uisdean”), a Gaelicized form of Old French Huchon, a hypocoristic form of Hughe (“Hugh”). The correct English form is McCutcheon, spelled M-C-C-U-T-C-H-E-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uisdein (“son of Uisdean”), a Gaelicized form of Old French Huchon, a hypocoristic form of Hughe (“Hugh”).

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 "McCutcheon"?
"McCutcheon" is spelled M-C-C-U-T-C-H-E-O-N.
What does "McCutcheon" mean?
As a proper noun, "McCutcheon" means: A surname.
What is the origin of the word "McCutcheon"?
Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uisdein (“son of Uisdean”), a Gaelicized form of Old French Huchon, a hypocoristic form of Hughe (“Hugh”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “McCutcheon”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is M-C-C-U-T-C-H-E-O-N - 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