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housley

/hˈaʊsli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables
hous-ley
IPA
/hˈaʊsli/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in South Yorkshire, from Old English hūs (“house”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to house + -ley (“lea”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Housleys (plural) Housely (alternative)

Rhymes With

owsley

Questions

How do you pronounce housley?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈaʊsli/.
What does housley mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does housley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce housley

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