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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leake

/lˈik/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables
leake
IPA
/lˈik/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As an English but ultimately North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lœkr (“stream, brook”). The Norse word is found in many English place names, such as Leck in Lancashire, and the surname could have been from these names. Compare the variant Leach. * Also as an occupational English surname, from the noun leek.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Leakes (plural)

Derived Forms

Leakesville

Phrases

East Leake Lake Leake Leake County Old Leake

Homonyms

leick

Rhymes With

week speak unique weak seek peak greek technique creek leak freak streak

Questions

How do you pronounce leake?
The recorded pronunciation is /lˈik/.
What does leake mean?
A surname.
Where does leake come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce leake

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