McGraw
The verdict
“McGraw” is uncommon French (frequency #66,103 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,103
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mcgraw · McGraw · French
McGraw · rank #66,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,103
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH maximums
Nearest frequency peer: maximums (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « McGraw »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- martyres
martyres
33,901 corpus weight
- martyrologe
martyrologe
33,900 corpus weight
- maximums
maximums
33,899 corpus weight
- McGraw
McGraw
33,898 corpus weight
- Medellín
Medellín
33,897 corpus weight
- mektoub
mektoub
33,896 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « McGraw » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McGraw |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « McGraw » en français
Rare enough to double-check
McGraw is uncommon French at frequency #66,103 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for McGraw in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is McGraw, spelled M-C-G-R-A-W.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how McGraw appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous avons parlé de Steve McQueen et d’Ali McGraw, de la maison de Faye Dunaway dans Portrait d’une enfant déchue.
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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