how to pronounce treacherous

/ˈtɹɛtʃɚəs/

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treacherous is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… and not make that treacherous journey we …”

meanings of treacherous

adjective:

Deceitful; inclined to betray.
Exhibiting treachery.
Unreliable; dangerous.

treacherous frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word treacherous occurs in english on average 2.7 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 treacherous 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 treacherous can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;