Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raffel

/ɹˈæfəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: raf-fel
IPA: /ɹˈæfəl/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

* As a German surname, from the archaic Middle High German raffeln (“to be noisy”). Also compare Raff. * As an English surname, variant of Rayfield. * As a Scottish surname, variant of Revels.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -, raffeln

Inflected Forms

Raffels (plural)

Rhymes With

raffle baffle saffell

Questions

How do you pronounce raffel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈæfəl/.
What does raffel mean?: A surname from German.
Where does raffel come from?: It is traced to German.

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