McLemore
"mclemore" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McLemore” is uncommon English (frequency #70,886 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,886
- 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-mclemore · McLemore · English
McLemore · rank #70,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,886
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH McDevitt
Nearest frequency peer: McDevitt (-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 “McLemore”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Mateen
Mateen
29,120 corpus weight
- McCloy
McCloy
29,117 corpus weight
- McDevitt
McDevitt
29,116 corpus weight
- McLemore
McLemore
29,115 corpus weight
- McNeal
McNeal
29,114 corpus weight
- meep
meep
29,110 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “McLemore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McLemore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “McLemore” in English
Rare enough to double-check
McLemore is uncommon English at frequency #70,886 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
Zero misspellings are on record for McLemore in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Mhuire (“son of the servant of Mary”). Compare Gilmore. The correct English form is McLemore, spelled M-C-L-E-M-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how McLemore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jeptha Billingsley, who was no prize pig himself (he had been arrested for horse theft and assault with intent to murder), was to be taught a lesson, and the vigilantes made him cut down the McLemores.
According to the lawsuit, McLemore struggled with diagnosed schizophrenia and substance abuse and was in the midst of an “acute mental health crisis.”
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Mhuire (“son of the servant of Mary”). Compare Gilmore.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).