McCutcheon
"mccutcheon" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McCutcheon” is uncommon English (frequency #53,689 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,689
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mccutcheon · McCutcheon · English
McCutcheon · rank #53,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,689
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH McCrory
Nearest frequency peer: McCrory (-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 “McCutcheon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- 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
- McLellan
McLellan
46,310 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “McCutcheon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McCutcheon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “McCutcheon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
McCutcheon is uncommon English at frequency #53,689 among 4,057 “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
- 1A surname.
- 2An 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).