McGlynn
"mcglynn" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McGlynn” is uncommon English (frequency #71,691 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,691
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mcglynn · McGlynn · English
McGlynn · rank #71,691 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,691
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH McCook
Nearest frequency peer: McCook (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “McGlynn”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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marvellously
28,317 corpus weight
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McCook
28,311 corpus weight
- McGlynn
McGlynn
28,310 corpus weight
- megalithic
megalithic
28,306 corpus weight
- Meghalaya
Meghalaya
28,305 corpus weight
- Mesolithic
Mesolithic
28,304 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “McGlynn” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McGlynn |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “McGlynn” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
McGlynn is uncommon English at frequency #71,691 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
Zero misspellings are on record for McGlynn in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhloinn, from a personal name derived from flann (“blood-red”). The correct English form is McGlynn, spelled M-C-G-L-Y-N-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhloinn, from a personal name derived from flann (“blood-red”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency 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.