Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tufte

/tˈʌft/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables: tufte
IPA: /tˈʌft/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Norwegian.

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Tufte.

Origin

Source language: Norwegian

Word Breakdown

Root: Tufte

Inflected Forms

Tuftes (plural)

Derived Forms

Tuftian

Homonyms

toughed

Rhymes With

stuffed puffed cuffed rebuffed snuffed tuft scuffed roughed huffed luft fluffed bluffed

Questions

How do you pronounce tufte?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈʌft/.
What does tufte mean?: A surname from Norwegian.
Where does tufte come from?: It is traced to Norwegian.

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