how to pronounce children

/ˈtʃɪldɹən/

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children is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of children in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… the age of the children so let's look at …”

meanings of children

noun:

Plural of child.

children frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word children occurs in english on average 432.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.