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picken

/pˈɪkən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables
pick-en
IPA
/pˈɪkən/
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old French.

Etymology

Either a nickname from Old French picon (“woodpecker”), or a patronymic surname from the personal name Picon, apparently from picon (“pointed object”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Pickens (plural)

Homonyms

picon

Rhymes With

chicken stricken quicken thicken wiccan sicken dicken picon ficken hicken licon

Questions

How do you pronounce picken?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɪkən/.
What does picken mean?
A surname from Old French.
Where does picken come from?
It is traced to Old French.

How to pronounce picken

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