Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corkery

/kˈɔɹkɚi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables
cork-ery
IPA
/kˈɔɹkɚi/
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A ghost town in Dallas County, Missouri, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corcra (“descendant of Corcra”), a personal name derived from corcair (“purple”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Corkerys (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce corkery?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɔɹkɚi/.
What does corkery mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does corkery come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce corkery

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/kˈɔɹkɚi/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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