Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fforde

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: fforde
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname: compare Fforde.

Example Sentences

"[...] his 'crime' was discovered, was summoned to see the headmaster, Sir Arthur fforde. It could potentially have been a flogging offence, but the headmaster, bizarrely, offered him a glass of nonalcoholic sherry. It no doubt helped that fforde, like [...]"

Etymology

A variant of Forde/Ford: in some blackletter typefaces, capital F looked like (and was later taken to be) two lowercase fs. Compare ffrench.

Questions

What does fforde mean?: A surname: compare Fforde.
Where does fforde come from?: A variant of Forde/Ford: in some blackletter typefaces, capital F looked like (and was later taken to be) two lowercase fs. Compare ffrench.

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