how to pronounce foulness

/faʊlˈnɛs/

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foulness is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of foulness in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… quite horrible to stop the foulness of …”

meanings of foulness

name:

An island off the east coast of Essex where the Thames estuary joins the North Sea.

noun:

The state of being foul.

foulness frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word foulness occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.