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/vɝˈaɪəti/
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/vəɹˈaɪəti/
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"variety" has 4 syllables: variety.
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"Variety" is not spelled the way it sounds. Its pronunciation is /vɝˈaɪəti/ in IPA and it has 4 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents — the audio is the reliable guide for a word like this.
"Variety" has 4 syllables.
The IPA transcription of "variety" is /vɝˈaɪəti/.
Variety: A deviation or difference. A specific variation of something. An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar. A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.
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