Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carrington

/kˈɛɹɪŋtən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: car-ring-ton
IPA: /kˈɛɹɪŋtən/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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Etymology

Two main origins: * The village in Greater Manchester is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Cāra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Scotland is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Cērihere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Inflected Forms

Carringtons (plural) Corrington (alternative) Courington (alternative) Curenton (alternative) Curington (alternative) Currington (alternative)

Derived Forms

Carringtonian

Phrases

Carrington and New Bolingbroke Carrington Event Carrington Falls

Rhymes With

harrington farrington arrington herrington errington cherrington herington terrington

Questions

How do you pronounce carrington?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɛɹɪŋtən/.
What does carrington mean?: A placename:
Where does carrington come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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