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ridley

noun

ridley is a noun meaning “Any of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-I-D-L-E-Y and has 2 syllables, and it appears 2.2 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ridley is ridleys.

What does ridley mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Any of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce ridley?

    Ridley has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of ridley

    • ridleys plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    How common is ridley?

    Ridley appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form in the list.

    Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

    Where does ridley come from?

    Unknown origin.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).