how to pronounce ditty

/ˈdɪtiː/

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the above transcription of ditty is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

ditty is pronounced in two syllables

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video examples of ditty pronunciation

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

“… here's a little ditty from him and …”

meaning of ditty

Ditty is a short song or poem.

ditty frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ditty occurs in english on average 1 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 ditty 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 ditty can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;