how to pronounce popular

/ˈpɑːpjəlɚ/

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popular is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… that is the most popular the most often …”

meaning of popular

Popular means well-known and liked by many people.

popular frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word popular occurs in english on average 90.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) people, society, and culture;