McKittrick
"mckittrick" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McKittrick” is uncommon English (frequency #96,214 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,214
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mckittrick · McKittrick · English
McKittrick · rank #96,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,214
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH McKie
Nearest frequency peer: McKie (-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 “McKittrick”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Maurya
Maurya
3,791 corpus weight
- McKie
McKie
3,788 corpus weight
- McKittrick
McKittrick
3,787 corpus weight
- McManaman
McManaman
3,786 corpus weight
- McNeely
McNeely
3,785 corpus weight
- McWhorter
McWhorter
3,784 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “McKittrick” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McKittrick |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “McKittrick” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
McKittrick is uncommon English at frequency #96,214 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
McKittrick doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Shitrig, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Sigtryggr, which is composed of the elements sigr (“victory”) and tryggr (“true”). The correct English form is McKittrick, spelled M-C-K-I-T-T-R-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
- 3A city and village in Montgomery County, Missouri, United States.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Shitrig, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Sigtryggr, which is composed of the elements sigr (“victory”) and tryggr (“true”).
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 10 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.