McManus
"mcmanus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McManus” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,373. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,373
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mcmanus · McManus · English
McManus · rank #29,373 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #29,373
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH McKinnon
Nearest frequency peer: McKinnon (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “McManus”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- maturation
maturation
70,632 corpus weight
- McKee
McKee
70,630 corpus weight
- McKinnon
McKinnon
70,629 corpus weight
- McManus
McManus
70,628 corpus weight
- Menzies
Menzies
70,626 corpus weight
- mica
mica
70,625 corpus weight
What this shows “McManus” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McManus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “McManus”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around McManus, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #29,373 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for McManus, with forms such as "cmmanus", "mcamnus", and "mccmanus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "manus", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Mághnais (“son of Magnus”). The correct English form is McManus, spelled M-C-M-A-N-U-S.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Mághnais (“son of Magnus”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cmmanus
- mcamnus
- mccmanus
- mcmannus
- mcmansu
- mcmanuss
- mcmauns
- mcmmanus
- mcmnaus
- mmcanus
- mmcmanus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of McManus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).