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byford

/bˈɪfɚd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
by-ford
IPA
/bˈɪfɚd/
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref S03942).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English byġe (“curve, bend”) + ford (“ford”), "ford at the river bend".

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Byfords (plural)

Rhymes With

clifford differed gifford giffard lyford sifford twiford liford

Questions

How do you pronounce byford?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɪfɚd/.
What does byford mean?
A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref S03942).
Where does byford come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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