McDonald's
/mɪkˈdɑnəldz/noun
McDonald's is spelled M-C-D-O-N-A-L-D-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, McDonald's means “Food from a McDonald's restaurant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in McDonald's?
| Letters | 9: M-C-D-O-N-A-L-D-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is McDonald's?
McDonald's appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce McDonald's?
- /məkˈdɒnəldz/
- US /mɪkˈdɑnəldz/
McDonald's has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-McDonald's.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Knabrupt-McDonald's.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does McDonald's mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Food from a McDonald's restaurant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does McDonald's come from?
From McDonald (surname) + -'s, after the two brothers who founded the company, Richard and Maurice McDonald.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).