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complication

How many syllables in complication?

  4 syllables

Divide complication into syllables:   com-pli-ca-tion
Primary syllable stress:   com-pli-ca-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   com-pli-ca-tion
How to pronounce complication:   kom-pli-key-shun
How to say complication:

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Synonyms for complication


1 syllable
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      What rhymes with complication

      1 syllable
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        2 syllables
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