McGrady
"mcgrady" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McGrady” is uncommon English (frequency #62,310 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,310
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mcgrady · McGrady · English
McGrady · rank #62,310 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,310
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH McCrea
Nearest frequency peer: McCrea (-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 “McGrady”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Mathison
Mathison
37,697 corpus weight
- McArdle
McArdle
37,693 corpus weight
- McCrea
McCrea
37,692 corpus weight
- McGrady
McGrady
37,691 corpus weight
- McQuaid
McQuaid
37,690 corpus weight
- MDF
MDF
37,689 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “McGrady” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McGrady |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,310 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “McGrady” in English
Rare enough to double-check
McGrady is uncommon English at frequency #62,310 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
McGrady has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Bhrádaigh (“son of Brádach”), a personal name probably derived from a word meaning "proud". Compare Irish bród (“pride”) and bródach (“favourite, pet; boyo”). The correct English form is McGrady, spelled M-C-G-R-A-D-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
- 2An unincorporated community in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Bhrádaigh (“son of Brádach”), a personal name probably derived from a word meaning "proud". Compare Irish bród (“pride”) and bródach (“favourite, pet; boyo”).
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).