Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rawls

/ɹˈɔlz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: rawls
IPA: /ɹˈɔlz/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname transferred from the given name.

name

A surname transferred from the given name.

name

Etymology

Patronymic from a medieval form of the personal name Ralph.

Inflected Forms

Rawlses (plural)

Derived Forms

Rawlsian

Homonyms

ralls rawles

Rhymes With

calls falls walls balls halls stalls malls installs crawls smalls hauls gauls

Questions

How do you pronounce rawls?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈɔlz/.
What does rawls mean?: A surname transferred from the given name.
Where does rawls come from?: Patronymic from a medieval form of the personal name Ralph.

How to pronounce rawls

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