walpole

Other forms of walpole

plural

walpoles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about walpole

What does walpole mean?

walpole means "English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in walpole?

walpole has 2 syllables: wa-lpole. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /ˈwɔlˌpoʊl/.

What is another word for walpole?

Close synonyms include Horace Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, Robert Walpole, Sir Robert Walpole. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is walpole a common word?

walpole is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with walpole?

8 words rhyme with walpole. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.