McDonald

\mək.ˈdɑn.əld\

/\mək.ˈdɑn.əld\/ name

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The verdict

“McDonald” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,729. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,729
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-mcdonald · McDonald · French

McDonald · rank #25,729 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #25,729
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marsan

Nearest frequency peer: marsan (-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 « McDonald »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « McDonald » 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).

McDonald vs Macdonald
78% similar

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

Key facts for McDonald
PropertyValue
HeadwordMcDonald
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\mək.ˈdɑn.əld\
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,729
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « McDonald »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).McDonaldse 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 « marsan » (#25,728), « mendiants » (#25,730), « manquements » (#25,727). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « McDonald » est au #25,729. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around McDonald (IPA \mək.ˈdɑn.əld\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,729 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille originaire d’Écosse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for McDonald, with forms such as "cmdonald", "mccdonald", and "mcddonald". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Macdonald", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is McDonald, spelled M-C-D-O-N-A-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille originaire d’Écosse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Adrian Mannarino s’est lui qualifié sur abandon de l’Américain McKenzie McDonald, alors qu’il menait 6-4, 3-0.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cmdonald
  • mccdonald
  • mcddonald
  • mcdnoald
  • mcdoanld
  • mcdonadl
  • mcdonaldd
  • mcdonalld
  • mcdonlad
  • mcdonnald
  • mcodnald
  • mdconald
  • mmcdonald

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of McDonald - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cmdonald2mccdonald1mcddonald1mcdnoald2mcdoanld2mcdonadl2mcdonaldd1mcdonalld1
Edit distance from "McDonald"

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 "McDonald"?
"McDonald" is spelled M-C-D-O-N-A-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is \mək.ˈdɑn.əld\.
What does "McDonald" mean?
As a proper noun, "McDonald" means: Nom de famille originaire d’Écosse.
What words are commonly confused with "McDonald"?
"McDonald" is commonly confused with "Macdonald". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "McDonald"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "McDonald" is \mək.ˈdɑn.əld\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "McDonald" come from?
"McDonald" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

lasagnes#25,716Lagrange#25,711obtienne#25,757ossature#25,759

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

minimales13 variantsmutualité13 variantsparcourus13 variantsincognito13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list