McCarthy

name

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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
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mccarthy · McCarthy · French

McCarthy · rank #25,044 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #25,044
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mausolée

Nearest frequency peer: mausolée (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « McCarthy »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « McCarthy » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

McCarthy vs McCartney
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for McCarthy
PropertyValue
HeadwordMcCarthy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,044
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « McCarthy »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).McCarthyse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mausolée » (#25,043), « mime » (#25,045), « Matthews » (#25,042). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « McCarthy » est au #25,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around McCarthy, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,044 among 5,038 “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

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how McCarthy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Joseph McCarthy.

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.

cmcarthy2mcacrthy2mcarthy1mccarhty2mccarrthy1mccarthhy1mccarthyy1mccartthy1
Edit distance from "McCarthy"

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 "McCarthy"?
"McCarthy" is spelled M-C-C-A-R-T-H-Y.
What does "McCarthy" mean?
As a proper noun, "McCarthy" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "McCarthy"?
"McCarthy" is commonly confused with "McCartney". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "McCarthy" come from?
"McCarthy" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "McCarthy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mausolée#25,043Matthews#25,042mangeais#25,034octroyer#25,065

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

irritation12 variantspiraterie12 variantspolitics12 variantsprenante12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list