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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

selley

/sˈɛli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
sel-l-ey
IPA
/sˈɛli/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Variant spelling of Sealey or a habitational surname from Selly Oak, which is from Old English sċylfe (“deck of a ship”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to shelf + -ley (“lea”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Selleys (plural)

Rhymes With

kelly delhi belly jelly ellie shelley kelley deli shelly smelly telly nelly

Questions

How do you pronounce selley?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɛli/.
What does selley mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does selley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce selley

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