how to pronounce rye

/ˈɹaɪ/

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rye is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… the Rye that was the book that every …”

meaning of rye

Rye is a type of cereal grain.

rye frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word rye occurs in english on average 7.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;