How Do You Spell RAKESTRAW?
Pronunciation: [ɹˈe͡ɪkstɹɔː] (IPA) 
The word "rakestraw" is spelled with six letters and pronounced as /ˈreɪkstrɔː/. The first two letters, "ra", are pronounced as "ray" and the next three letters "kes" are pronounced as "kez". The final letter "t" is pronounced as "t" and the last syllable "raw" is pronounced as "raw". This relatively rare surname may have originated as a topographic name in England for someone who lived near a "rake", which is a tool used for scraping or smoothing soil, and "straw" may refer to straw that was used as a building material.
