McDougall
"mcdougall" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McDougall” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,491. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,491
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McDougall |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #38,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “McDougall” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around McDougall, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,491 among 36,575 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for McDougall, with forms such as "cmdougall", "mccdougall", and "mcddougall". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill (“son of Dubhghall”), from dubh (“black”) + Gall (“stranger”). Compare Doyle, McDowell. The correct English form is McDougall, spelled M-C-D-O-U-G-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- 2A township in Parry Sound District, central Ontario, Canada, named after William McDougall.
Etymology
Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill (“son of Dubhghall”), from dubh (“black”) + Gall (“stranger”). Compare Doyle, McDowell.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cmdougall
- mccdougall
- mcddougall
- mcdoguall
- mcdouagll
- mcdougal
- mcdouggall
- mcdouglal
- mcduogall
- mcodugall
- mdcougall
- mmcdougall
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of McDougall - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “McDougall”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-C-D-O-U-G-A-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.