McMinnville
"mcminnville" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McMinnville” is uncommon English (frequency #82,527 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,527
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. Named after the city in Tennessee.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mcminnville · McMinnville · English
McMinnville · rank #82,527 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,527
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH McCaffery
Nearest frequency peer: McCaffery (-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 “McMinnville”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- maza
maza
17,477 corpus weight
- mazza
mazza
17,476 corpus weight
- McCaffery
McCaffery
17,475 corpus weight
- McMinnville
McMinnville
17,474 corpus weight
- McNeese
McNeese
17,473 corpus weight
- McNutt
McNutt
17,472 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “McMinnville” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McMinnville |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #82,527 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “McMinnville” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
McMinnville is uncommon English at frequency #82,527 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for McMinnville in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From McMinn + -ville. The correct English form is McMinnville, spelled M-C-M-I-N-N-V-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1A city, the county seat of Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. Named after the city in Tennessee.
- 2A city, the county seat of Warren County, Tennessee, United States. Named after Joseph McMinn.
Etymology
From McMinn + -ville.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "McMinnville", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 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.