Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leffingwell

/lˈɛfɪŋɡwɛl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: leff-in-g-well
IPA: /lˈɛfɪŋɡwɛl/

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

English habitational surname from a lost place in Essex recorded as Liffildeuuella in the Domesday Book, from the Old English female given name Lēofhild + wella (“well, spring”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Leffingwells (plural)

Questions

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

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