McCarthy
The verdict
“McCarthy” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,044. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,044
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
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 | McCarthy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #25,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “McCarthy” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around McCarthy, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,044 among 202,672 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for McCarthy, with forms such as "cmcarthy", "mcacrthy", and "mcarthy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "McCartney", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is McCarthy, spelled M-C-C-A-R-T-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cmcarthy
- mcacrthy
- mcarthy
- mccarhty
- mccarrthy
- mccarthhy
- mccarthyy
- mccartthy
- mccartyh
- mccatrhy
- mccrathy
- mmccarthy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of McCarthy - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “McCarthy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-C-C-A-R-T-H-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “McCartney” - see the side-by-side comparison. McCarthy vs McCartney
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.