how to pronounce confidential

/ˌkɑːnfəˈdɛnʃəl/

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confidential is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of confidential in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… a we we do a lot of confidential work …”

meanings of confidential

adjective:

Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly.
Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences.
Inclined to share confidences; (of things) making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences.

confidential frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word confidential occurs in english on average 4.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics confidential can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that confidential can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;