Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

optical illusion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
op-ti-cal il-lu-sion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An image that is visually deceptive or misleading.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

optical illusions (plural)

Questions

What does optical illusion mean?
An image that is visually deceptive or misleading.

How to pronounce optical illusion

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