Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speke

/spiːk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables
speke
IPA
/spiːk/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete spelling of speak.

Obsolete

name

A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4383).

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Speak, itself a variant of Speake, all related to the placename below. * The placename is either from Old English spec (“brushwood”) or the obsolete noun speight (“woodpecker”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Phrases

Speke's antelope Speke's gazelle Brampford Speke

Frequently Paired Words

Brampford Speke

Homonyms

speak

Rhymes With

week speak unique weak seek peak greek technique creek leak freak streak

Questions

How do you pronounce speke?
The recorded pronunciation is /spiːk/.
What does speke mean?
Obsolete spelling of speak.
Where does speke come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce speke

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/spiːk/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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