Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shaftoe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
shaftoe
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Habitational surname from two minor places in Hartburn, Northumberland, from Old English sċeaft (“shaft, pole”) + hōh (“heel; spur of land”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Shaftoes (plural)

Questions

What does shaftoe mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does shaftoe come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce shaftoe

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