Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plumpton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: plump-ton
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + tūn (“settlement, town”). Doublet of Plympton.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: plūme

Usage

Inflected Forms

Plumptons (plural) Plimpton (alternative)

Phrases

Plumpton Green Westby-with-Plumptons

Questions

What does plumpton mean?: A placename:
Where does plumpton come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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