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# How to pronounce "ick factor" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ɪkkfæktɒr/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **ic·kfac·tor**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (9 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "ick factor" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "And they're not quite there yet, but if we adopt cellular agriculture to grow meat, we use 1% of the land and only 10% of the water. So there is an ick factor. It freaks people out."
- **Watch at 14:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvM9DWjkbSI&t=848s)

### Example 2
> "It's astonishing, but hardly anyone is still doing it. Maybe it's the ick factor. That's okay, because there's a team of research scientists in Canada who have now created a stool sample, a fake stool sample which is called RePOOPulate."
- **Watch at 8:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmSF9gVz9pg&t=534s)

### Example 3
> "meant to be beneficial but without the ick factor of actual feces uh and the most promising one of"
- **Watch at 28:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbTntA0kLZ4&t=1698s)

### Example 4
> "And yet that has a huge ick factor for a lot of guests."
- **Watch at 14:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXoi0vcDf4s&t=872s)

### Example 5
> "to share a toothbrush even with someone you're sleeping with. There's just kind of an ick factor there. "No, no. We share needles because we don't want to go to jail." So, in Indonesia at this time, if you were carrying a needle and the cops rounded you up,"
- **Watch at 4:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoXAAEy6YQU&t=242s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "It does have a pretty big ick factor, and even with rigorous testing, it’s still possible that a pathogen could be transferred from one person to another."
- **Watch at 3:44**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pafHeOdJcE&t=224s)

### Example 7
*Accent: US*
> "And so I think it was a combination of it's a weapon. It is sort of icky scientists sometimes with the ick factor, right. It glows green. And by the way, it becomes like a mythical fictional thing."
- **Watch at 124:38**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yixIc1Ai6jM&t=7478s)

### Example 8
> "window. They're absolutely gorgeous. And then they're a lot chewier, but they're they're wonderful. Once you get past the ick factor, it's wonderful. That's the"
- **Watch at 32:30**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne8N2WNfKmE&t=1950s)

### Example 9
> "The transgender community themselves and others, we've been able to kind of get rid of that ick factor in that situation in a much shorter period."
- **Watch at 15:29**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkkK_kBjOn4&t=929s)


## How to Pronounce "ick factor"

- **Syllables**: ic · kfac · tor
- **IPA**: `/ɪkkfæktɒr/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[ick](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/ick), [factor](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/factor)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “ick factor”?
“ick factor” is pronounced /ɪkkfæktɒr/ (ic · kfac · tor). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “ick factor”?
“ick factor” has 3 syllables: ic · kfac · tor.

### How can I hear “ick factor” used in real sentences?
This page has 9 real-world video examples of “ick factor” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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