how to pronounce herring

/ˈhɛɹ.ɪŋ/

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herring is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… red herring and can I ask when we can …”

meaning of herring

Herring is a type of fish.

herring frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word herring occurs in english on average 3.6 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.