McKinley

name

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The verdict

“McKinley” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,037. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,037
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom (avant 2015) de la montagne située au centre de l’Alaska, aux États-Unis, identifié comme le plus haut sommet d’Amérique du Nord, culminant à 6 194 mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer

Corpus desk

Index FR-mckinley · McKinley · French

McKinley · rank #48,037 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,037
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mathilda

Nearest frequency peer: Mathilda (-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 « McKinley »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « McKinley » 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
Key facts for McKinley
PropertyValue
HeadwordMcKinley
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,037
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « McKinley »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.McKinleyse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Mathilda » (#48,036), « Martigny » (#48,034), « meneuse » (#48,040). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « McKinley » est au #48,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around McKinley, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,037 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ancien nom (avant 2015) de la montagne située au centre de l’Alaska, aux États-Unis, identifié comme le plus haut sommet d’Amérique du Nord, culminant à 6 194 mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for McKinley, with forms such as "cmkinley", "mcckinley", and "mciknley". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is McKinley, spelled M-C-K-I-N-L-E-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien nom (avant 2015) de la montagne située au centre de l’Alaska, aux États-Unis, identifié comme le plus haut sommet d’Amérique du Nord, culminant à 6 194 mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La montagne, qui s’élève à 6 194 mètres, va en effet retrouver sa dénomination d’origine, mont Denali, a annoncé dimanche 30 août Barack Obama, le président des États-Unis, attendu en Alaska pour une visite de trois jours.

Synonyms

Denali

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cmkinley
  • mcckinley
  • mciknley
  • mckilney
  • mckinely
  • mckinleyy
  • mckinlley
  • mckinlye
  • mckinnley
  • mckkinley
  • mckniley
  • mkcinley
  • mmckinley

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cmkinley2mcckinley1mciknley2mckilney2mckinely2mckinleyy1mckinlley1mckinlye2
Edit distance from "McKinley"

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 "McKinley"?
"McKinley" is spelled M-C-K-I-N-L-E-Y.
What does "McKinley" mean?
As a proper noun, "McKinley" means: Ancien nom (avant 2015) de la montagne située au centre de l’Alaska, aux États-Unis, identifié comme le plus haut sommet d’Amérique du Nord, culminant à 6 194 mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer
What are common misspellings of "McKinley"?
Common misspellings include "cmkinley", "mcckinley", "mciknley", "mckilney", "mckinely". The correct spelling is "McKinley".
What language does "McKinley" come from?
"McKinley" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Mathilda#48,036Martigny#48,034meringue#48,044magister#48,025

Similar misspelling depth

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

marabouts13 variantsmangerais13 variantsMaintenon13 variantsmondaines13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list