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butternut

How many syllables in butternut?

  3 syllables

Divide butternut into syllables:   but-ter-nut
Primary syllable stress:   but-ter-nut
Secondary syllable stress:   but-ter-nut
How to pronounce butternut:   buht-er-nuht
How to say butternut:

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What rhymes with butternut

3 syllables
  • coconut
  • hazelnut
  • Lilliput
  • overcut
  • undercut
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