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anecdote

How many syllables in anecdote?

  3 syllables

Divide anecdote into syllables:   an-ec-dote
Stressed syllable in anecdote:   an-ec-dote
How to pronounce anecdote:   an-ik-doht
How to say anecdote:

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    3 syllables
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