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ORTHOEPY
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The answer ORTHOEPY is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
ORTHOEPY as a noun:
1. (pronunciation, orthoepy) = the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation"
2. a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography