how to pronounce hill

/ˈhɪl/

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hill is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… i worked on capitol hill um for um four …”

meaning of hill

A hill is a raised landform with steep sides.

hill frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word hill occurs in english on average 56.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.