MacGregor

name

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The verdict

“MacGregor” is uncommon French (frequency #75,869 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,869
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Key facts for MacGregor
PropertyValue
HeadwordMacGregor
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,869
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “MacGregor” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). MacGregor lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

MacGregor is uncommon French at frequency #75,869 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No misspelling variants are generated for MacGregor in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is MacGregor, spelled M-A-C-G-R-E-G-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "MacGregor"?
"MacGregor" is spelled M-A-C-G-R-E-G-O-R.
What does "MacGregor" mean?
As a proper noun, "MacGregor" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "MacGregor" come from?
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Using “MacGregor”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-C-G-R-E-G-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list