McNamara
/mæknəˈmærə/
"mcnamara" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McNamara” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,857. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,857
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish
Corpus desk
Index EN-mcnamara · McNamara · English
McNamara · rank #21,857 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,857
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH medalist
Nearest frequency peer: medalist (+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 “McNamara”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- madman
madman
78,148 corpus weight
- maniac
maniac
78,147 corpus weight
- McNamara
McNamara
78,144 corpus weight
- medalist
medalist
78,143 corpus weight
- melee
melee
78,142 corpus weight
- melo
melo
78,141 corpus weight
What this shows “McNamara” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McNamara |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /mæknəˈmærə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “McNamara”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around McNamara (IPA /mæknəˈmærə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,857 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Irish".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for McNamara, with forms such as "cmnamara", "mcanmara", and "mccnamara". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish Mac Conmara. The correct English form is McNamara, spelled M-C-N-A-M-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish
Etymology
From Irish Mac Conmara.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cmnamara
- mcanmara
- mccnamara
- mcnaamra
- mcnamaar
- mcnamarra
- mcnammara
- mcnamraa
- mcnmaara
- mcnnamara
- mmcnamara
- mncamara
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of McNamara - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).