Forvo, the world's largest pronunciation dictionary, has released its list of the most pronounced words of 2017. Wondering which word has been reproduced the most this year? The Danish word "hygge" was the one which aroused the curiosity of our users this year, after the popularity the word gained last year. The word is said to have no direct translation in English although it can be defined as “cosiness" or "a feeling of contentment or well-being”.
The music industry had also its impact on our users and, as a result, "despacito" is placed in the second position. Since the beginning of the year, this song by Luis Fonsi obtained thousands and thousands views during the whole year. The popularity of Ed Sheeran also continues to increase, as he made the final list.
Continuing with personalities, Emmanuel Macron and Carles Puigdemont has received many visits, due to the French presidential election in May and the political situation in Catalonia.
As in previous years, tech terms featured highly with "Google" and "Airbnb" receiving a lot of traffic, as well as the word "online".
Here's the list in full:
1. hygge
2. despacito
3. Airbnb
4. online
5. Peppa Pig
6. Google
7. thought
9. skam
10. through
11. squirrel
12. water
13. schedule
14. Fintech
15. Zootopia
16. Michael Kors
17. Tommy Hilfiger
18. there
19. apple
20. Ed Sheeran
21. Ove
23. skechers
24. хуй
25. the
26. this
27. autumn
28. three
29. with
30. GitHub
32. Google translate
33. eyes
34. daughter
35. laugh
36. can't
37. Reims
38. bonjour
39. Kylian Mbappé
40. our
41. diptyque
42. hello
43. supreme
44. though
45. Sláinte
46. clothes
47. Calvin Klein
48. world
49. Leicester
50. je t'aime