The spelling of "McCaslin" can be explained using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The word starts with the phoneme /m/, which is then followed by the consonant cluster /kæz/, represented by the symbols /k/ and /æ/ respectively. The second syllable consists of the consonant /l/ followed by the vowel /ɪn/, represented by the symbols /l/ and /ɪn/ respectively. The stress in the word is on the first syllable, which is indicated by the apostrophe in IPA as /məˈkæzlɪn/.