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waddell

/wɑdˈɛl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables
wad-dell
IPA
/wɑdˈɛl/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Various origins: * A variant of the Scottish surname Weddle. * An English topographic surname for someone who lived at the hill where woad grew, from Old English wād (“woad”) + hyll (“hill”).

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Inflected Forms

Waddells (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

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

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