rochford
/ɹˈɑtʃfɚd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A town and civil parish in Rochford district, in southeastern Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8790).
Countable; Uncountable
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A civil parish and two hamlets, Lower Rochford and Upper Rochford, in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid refs SO6368/6367).
Countable; Uncountable
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A small settlement and locality in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
Countable; Uncountable
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An unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States.
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English Rochford, from two sources in Old English, both of which eventually converged into the modern form: # 'The rook ford' or 'Rook's ford', from Old English hrōc (“rook”), genitive plural hrōca + ford, or else from Old English personal name Hrōc, genitive singular Hrōces + ford (respectively). # 'Ford of the hunting dogs', from Old English ræċċ (“hunting dog”), genitive singular ræċċes (the vowel later assimilated to that of Old French roche (“rock, cliff”)) + ford.