Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pells

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: pells
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pell

name

A surname transferred from the given name.

Etymology

From a Pell as a pet-form of Peter + the patronymic suffix -s.

Questions

What does pells mean?: plural of pell
Where does pells come from?: From a Pell as a pet-form of Peter + the patronymic suffix -s.

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