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backbite

How many syllables in backbite?

  2 syllables

Divide backbite into syllables:   back-bite
Primary syllable stress:   back-bite
Secondary syllable stress:   back-bite
How to pronounce backbite:   bak-bahyt
How to say backbite:

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