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drayton

/ˈdɹeɪ.tən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
dray-ton
IPA
/ˈdɹeɪ.tən/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:

Countable; Uncountable

name

Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:

Countable; Uncountable

name

Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:

Countable; Uncountable

name

Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:

Countable; Uncountable

name

Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:

Countable; Uncountable

name

Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:

Countable; Uncountable

name

Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:

Countable; Uncountable

name

Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English Drayton, from Old English Drægtūn (literally “town where logs are dragged”), from draġan (“to draw, drag”) + tūn (“enclosure, town”). Alternatively from Proto-Brythonic *treβ (“town, settlement”) + Old English tūn.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Drayton, Drægtūn, *treβ

Usage

Inflected Forms

Draytons (plural)

Derived Forms

Draytonian

Phrases

Drayton Bassett Drayton Beauchamp Drayton Parslow Drayton St. Leonard Fen Drayton Fenny Drayton Market Drayton West Drayton

Rhymes With

satan clayton peyton dayton straighten leighton payton layton creighton brayton slayton aten

Questions

How do you pronounce drayton?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɹeɪ.tən/.
What does drayton mean?
Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:
Where does drayton come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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