Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

woolley

/wˈʊli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: wool-ley
IPA: /wˈʊli/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A place in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A place in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A place in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A place in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A place in England:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Usually from Old English wulf (“wolf”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade frequented by wolves”). Equivalent to wolf + -ley (“lea”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: wulf
Suffix: wolf

Usage

Inflected Forms

Woolleys (plural)

Phrases

Barham and Woolley Woolley Grange Woolley Moor

Homonyms

wooly wooley

Rhymes With

fully bully woolly pulley wooly wooley

Questions

How do you pronounce woolley?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈʊli/.
What does woolley mean?: A place in England:
Where does woolley come from?: It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce woolley

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