McKinley
/məˈkɪn.li/noun
McKinley is spelled M-C-K-I-N-L-E-Y: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, McKinley means “A United States five-hundred-dollar bill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of McKinley is McKinleys.
How many letters and syllables are in McKinley?
| Letters | 8: M-C-K-I-N-L-E-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is McKinley?
McKinley appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce McKinley?
- /məˈkɪn.li/
McKinley has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of McKinley
- McKinleys plural
- McKinlay
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does McKinley mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USrareslangA United States five-hundred-dollar bill.
- 2
informalA processor of Intel’s first Itanium 2 brand, code-named McKinley.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does McKinley come from?
Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaoich, "son of Fionnlaoch (=Fair Warrior)". The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of William McKinley featured on it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).