Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lytle

/ˈlaɪtəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
ly-tle
IPA
/ˈlaɪtəl/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

A city in Atascosa, Bexar, and Medina counties, Texas, United States.

adj

Obsolete form of little, small.

Obsolete

adv

Obsolete form of little, not much.

Obsolete

det

Obsolete form of little, not much.

Obsolete

pron

Obsolete form of little, not much.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete form of little, a small amount, a small person, a small thing.

Obsolete

Etymology

Variant of Little, from Middle English and modern lytle, variant of little (“small, (ironic) big, not much, younger”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more lytle (comparative) most lytle (superlative) lytles (plural)

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Questions

How do you pronounce lytle?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlaɪtəl/.
What does lytle mean?
A surname.
Where does lytle come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce lytle

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