how to pronounce perhaps

/pɚˈhæps/

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perhaps is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… a small spark may perhaps be hid oh …”

meaning of perhaps

Perhaps means a possible or hypothetical situation.

perhaps frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word perhaps occurs in english on average 208.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics perhaps 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 perhaps can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;