how to pronounce sickness

/ˈsɪknəs/

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sickness is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… i was sick and the sickness was a …”

meaning of sickness

Sickness is a condition of being unwell or having a disease.

sickness frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word sickness occurs in english on average 9.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.