McKillop
"mckillop" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McKillop” is uncommon English (frequency #99,551 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,551
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mckillop · McKillop · English
McKillop · rank #99,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,551
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH McGarvey
Nearest frequency peer: McGarvey (-3 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 “McKillop”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mazer
mazer
457 corpus weight
- McChesney
McChesney
455 corpus weight
- McCorkle
McCorkle
454 corpus weight
- McGarvey
McGarvey
453 corpus weight
- McKillop
McKillop
450 corpus weight
- Medigap
Medigap
445 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “McKillop” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McKillop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “McKillop” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
McKillop is uncommon English at frequency #99,551 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for McKillop, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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: Variant of McKillip. The correct English form is McKillop, spelled M-C-K-I-L-L-O-P.
Definition
- 1A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- 2A former township in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
- 3A rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of McKillop No. 220.
Etymology
Variant of McKillip.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "McKillop", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 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.