Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stelling

/stˈɛlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: stelling
IPA: /stˈɛlɪŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies)

name

Example Sentences

"For a few pennies we could have a breakfast of pineapple, paw-paw, grapefruit and bananas, which could be bought a hundred yards from the stelling."

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch stelling.

Inflected Forms

stellings (plural)

Homonyms

stehling

Rhymes With

telling selling yelling spelling compelling dwelling swelling smelling bestselling shelling retelling propelling

Questions

How do you pronounce stelling?: The recorded pronunciation is /stˈɛlɪŋ/.
What does stelling mean?: A site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies)
Where does stelling come from?: Borrowed from Dutch stelling.

How to pronounce stelling

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