McLendon
"mclendon" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McLendon” is uncommon English (frequency #87,542 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,542
- 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-mclendon · McLendon · English
McLendon · rank #87,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,542
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH McMuffin
Nearest frequency peer: McMuffin (+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 “McLendon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- McKenney
McKenney
12,462 corpus weight
- McLaurin
McLaurin
12,461 corpus weight
- McLendon
McLendon
12,459 corpus weight
- McMuffin
McMuffin
12,458 corpus weight
- McRoberts
McRoberts
12,457 corpus weight
- meadowlark
meadowlark
12,456 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “McLendon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McLendon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “McLendon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
McLendon is uncommon English at frequency #87,542 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
No misspelling variants are generated for McLendon in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of McClinton. The correct English form is McLendon, spelled M-C-L-E-N-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Variant of McClinton.
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).