McEvoy
"mcevoy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McEvoy” is uncommon English (frequency #53,690 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,690
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mcevoy · McEvoy · English
McEvoy · rank #53,690 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,690
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH McCutcheon
Nearest frequency peer: McCutcheon (-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 “McEvoy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- 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
- Meagher
Meagher
46,309 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “McEvoy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McEvoy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,690 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “McEvoy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
McEvoy is uncommon English at frequency #53,690 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for McEvoy, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhuidhe (“son of the yellow-haired lad”) and Irish Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe, a patronymic originally from fíodhbhadhach (“woodman”). The correct English form is McEvoy, spelled M-C-E-V-O-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhuidhe (“son of the yellow-haired lad”) and Irish Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe, a patronymic originally from fíodhbhadhach (“woodman”).
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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