Speakur

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whittlesey

/wˈɪtəlsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
whit-tle-sey
IPA
/wˈɪtəlsi/
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2797).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Wittel + -s- + īeġ (“island”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Whittleseys (plural) Whittlesea (alternative) Whitsey (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Whittlesea

Questions

How do you pronounce whittlesey?
The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɪtəlsi/.
What does whittlesey mean?
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2797).
Where does whittlesey come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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