how to pronounce spasm

/ˈspæz.əm/

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spasm is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… muscles violently spasm in a bid to …”

meaning of spasm

Spasm means a sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles.

spasm frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word spasm occurs in english on average 1.9 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 spasm 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 spasm can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;