how to pronounce catfish

/ˈkæt.fɪʃ/

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catfish is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… this place was a catfish there's no …”

meaning of catfish

Catfish is a type of fish.

catfish frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word catfish occurs in english on average 2.3 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.