how to pronounce mess

/mɛs/

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mess is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… butts okay i'm not going to mess around …”

meaning of mess

Mess is a noun that means a state of disorder or confusion.

mess frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word mess occurs in english on average 22.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) communication, information, and media;

2) food and health;