how to pronounce infection

/ɪnˈfɛk.ʃən/

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infection is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… this area as the infection rate declines …”

meaning of infection

Infection is the process of introducing a pathogen into a living organism.

infection frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word infection occurs in english on average 27.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.