Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wheatley

/wˈitli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: wheat-ley
IPA: /wˈitli/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An English surname from Old English. Derived from the place name

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name

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Etymology

From Old English hwǣte (“wheat”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to wheat + -ley (“lea”). Identical to Whatley.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: hwǣte
Suffix: wheat

Usage

Inflected Forms

Wheatleys (plural)

Derived Forms

wheatleyite

Phrases

Wheatley elm

Rhymes With

completely neatly discreetly sweetly heatley keatley

Questions

How do you pronounce wheatley?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈitli/.
What does wheatley mean?: An English surname from Old English. Derived from the place name
Where does wheatley come from?: It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce wheatley

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