chadwell heath
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A suburb in the borough of Barking and Dagenham and borough of Redbridge, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4887).
Etymology
Named after the former nearby settlement of Chadwell (Street), inherited from Middle English Chaldwelle, from Old English *Ċeald(an)wielle, from ċeald (“cold”) + wielle (“well”). A spurious connection to the name of St. Chad was popular in the 19th century.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Chaldwelle