how to pronounce rail

/ɹɛɪl/

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the above transcription of rail 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.

rail is pronounced in one syllable

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of rail

ɹɛɪl

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

“… Railways high-speed rail can be up to 14 …”

meaning of rail

Rail is a type of track that is used for trains.

rail frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word rail occurs in english on average 39.7 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 rail 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 rail can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;

words with pronunciation similar to rail

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