Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tellisford

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tel-l-is-ford
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Mandip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST8055).

Etymology

From Old English tæfle (“chess-board”), a term used in a topographical sense and perhaps implying a plateau, + ford (“ford”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: tæfle

Questions

What does tellisford mean?: A village and civil parish in Mandip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST8055).
Where does tellisford come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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