how to pronounce fallacy

/ˈfæl.ə.si/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of fallacy is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

fallacy is pronounced in three syllables

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of fallacy

1.

2.

3. example pitch curve for pronunciation of fallacy

test your pronunciation of fallacy

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of fallacy

video examples of fallacy pronunciation

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

“… suffer from the gamblers fallacy players …”

meanings of fallacy

noun:

An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not. A specious argument.
Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.

fallacy frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word fallacy occurs in english on average 2 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 fallacy 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 fallacy can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;