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shockley

/ʃˈɑkli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
shock-ley
IPA
/ʃˈɑkli/
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Probably a habitational surname from the village of Shocklach, in Cheshire, from Old English sċucca (“goblin, evil spirit, demon”) + læcc (“boggy stream”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Shockleys (plural)

Phrases

Shockley-Queisser limit

Rhymes With

hockley lockley brockley stockley stokley rockley yokley cokley

Questions

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

How to pronounce shockley

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