Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patuxent

/pətˈʌksənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: patux-ent
IPA: /pətˈʌksənt/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an Algonquian people indigenous to what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States.

Inflected Forms

Patuxents (plural) Pawtuxent (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce patuxent?: The recorded pronunciation is /pətˈʌksənt/.
What does patuxent mean?: A member of an Algonquian people indigenous to what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States.

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