# McRae

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #41,759

## Definitions
1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A place in the United States:
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A community in the County of St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.

## Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raith (“son of grace”), from mac + rath. Compare the Irish form McGrath.

## Easily confused with
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-more)
- **mere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-mere)
- **Mira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-mira)
- **mora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-mora)
- **Myra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-myra)
- **mire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-mire)
- **moral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-moral)
- **merge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-merge)
- **Morse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-morse)
- **mural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-mural)
- **Moran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-moran)
- **merle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-merle)
- **moray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-moray)
- **Murat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-murat)
- **Murad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-murad)
- **morale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-morale)
- **mirage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcrae-vs-mirage)
- **mare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mare-vs-mcrae)
- **mara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mara-vs-mcrae)
- **Marie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marie-vs-mcrae)

## Common misspellings (7)
`cmrae`, `mcare`, `mccrae`, `mcrea`, `mcrrae`, `mmcrae`, `mrcae`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mcrae