how to pronounce ferret

/ˈfɛɹ.ɪt/

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ferret is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… there's some guinea pigs a ferret some …”

meaning of ferret

A ferret is a domesticated mammal with a long body, a short tail, and a pointed snout.

ferret frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word ferret occurs in english on average 3.5 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 ferret 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 ferret can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;