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wolford

/wˈoʊlfɚd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
wol-ford
IPA
/wˈoʊlfɚd/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A habitational surname from Old English. From the villages of Great and Little Wolford, in Warwickshire

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city in Pierce County, North Dakota, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English wulf (“wolf”) + weard (“guard, protector”). The second element was at some point misanalyzed as ford.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Wolfords (plural)

Phrases

Great Wolford Little Wolford

Homonyms

wohlford

Rhymes With

holford wohlford

Questions

How do you pronounce wolford?
The recorded pronunciation is /wˈoʊlfɚd/.
What does wolford mean?
A habitational surname from Old English. From the villages of Great and Little Wolford, in Warwickshire
Where does wolford come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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