Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sykes

/saɪks/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables
sykes
IPA
/saɪks/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of syke

name

A hamlet in Bowland Forest High parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6351).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Middle English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English sike (“marshy stream, gutter, ditch”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Sykeses (plural)

Derived Forms

Sykesville

Phrases

Sykes Fell Sykes' monkey

Homonyms

psychs

Rhymes With

likes strikes bikes spikes yikes hikes dislikes dykes pikes mikes dikes sikes

Questions

How do you pronounce sykes?
The recorded pronunciation is /saɪks/.
What does sykes mean?
plural of syke
Where does sykes come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce sykes

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