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competency

How many syllables in competency?

  4 syllables

Divide competency into syllables:   com-pe-ten-cy
Stressed syllable in competency:   com-pe-ten-cy
How to pronounce competency:   kom-pi-tun-see
How to say competency:

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Synonyms for competency


1 syllable
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