how to pronounce cacophony

/kəˈkɒf.ə.ni/

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cacophony is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of cacophony in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… just like you know the cacophony of …”

meanings of cacophony

noun:

A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.

cacophony frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word cacophony 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.

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

1) communication, information, and media;