how to pronounce sleuth

/ˈsluθ/

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sleuth is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… they do be be a total sleuth on this …”

meanings of sleuth

noun:

A sleuth-hound; a bloodhound.
Slowness; laziness, sloth.
A detective.
A collective term for a group of bears.
An animal's trail or track.

verb:

To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.

sleuth frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word sleuth occurs in english on average 0.9 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.