Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lyttelton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: lyt-tel-ton
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A habitational surname.

name

A town on Lyttelton Harbour, Canterbury, New Zealand, which is the nearest port to Christchurch.

Etymology

From lyttel (“variant of little”) + -ton. Doublet of Littleton.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lyttel

Questions

What does lyttelton mean?: A habitational surname.
Where does lyttelton come from?: From lyttel (“variant of little”) + -ton. Doublet of Littleton.

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