Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fowey

/ˈfɔɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: fowey
IPA: /ˈfɔɪ/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A small town, port, and civil parish with a town council on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1251).

name

A river in Cornwall which flows from Bodmin Moor to the English Channel at the town of Fowey.

Questions

How do you pronounce fowey?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɔɪ/.
What does fowey mean?: A small town, port, and civil parish with a town council on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1251).

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