how to pronounce echelon

/ˈɛʃ.ə.lɒn/

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echelon is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… very high echelon type of attack …”

meaning of echelon

Echelon is a military rank.

echelon frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word echelon occurs in english on average 0.3 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.

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

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) transport and travel;