McKim
"mckim" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McKim” is uncommon English (frequency #68,430 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,430
- 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-mckim · McKim · English
McKim · rank #68,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,430
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH McNuggets
Nearest frequency peer: McNuggets (+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 “McKim”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- McClendon
McClendon
31,575 corpus weight
- McCready
McCready
31,574 corpus weight
- McGann
McGann
31,573 corpus weight
- McKim
McKim
31,571 corpus weight
- McNuggets
McNuggets
31,570 corpus weight
- Meissner
Meissner
31,569 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “McKim” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McKim |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “McKim” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
McKim is uncommon English at frequency #68,430 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for McKim, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Shim (“son of Sim”), a pet form of the personal name Simon. The correct English form is McKim, spelled M-C-K-I-M.
Definition
- 1A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- 2An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Shim (“son of Sim”), a pet form of the personal name Simon.
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 5 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.