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willey

/wˈɪli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
wil-ley
IPA
/wˈɪli/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A civil parish in Herefordshire, England.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Barrow parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO672991).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP495848).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

Alternative form of willy (“cleanse wool etc. with a willow”).

Etymology

From Old English welig (“willow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to willow + -ley (“lea”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Willeys (plural) willeys (present, singular) willeying (participle, present) willeyed (participle, past) willeyed (past)

Homonyms

willi wyllie

Rhymes With

really silly billy chile lily willie chili philly willy lilly chilly billie

Questions

How do you pronounce willey?
The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɪli/.
What does willey mean?
A civil parish in Herefordshire, England.
Where does willey come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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