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elson

/ˈɛl.sən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables
el-son
IPA
/ˈɛl.sən/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A northern suburb of Gosport, Gosport borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6001).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small village in Ellesmere Rural parish, north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3835).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Possibly from Middle English elson, alternative spelling of elsen, elsyn, alsene (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old Dutch *elisna, *alasna, from Proto-West Germanic *alisnu, *alasnu, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Elsons (plural)

Homonyms

elsen

Rhymes With

nelson nelsen belson kelson melson elsen snelson keelson

Questions

How do you pronounce elson?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛl.sən/.
What does elson mean?
A surname.
Where does elson come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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