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contraption

How many syllables in contraption?

  3 syllables

Divide contraption into syllables:   con-trap-tion
Stressed syllable in contraption:   con-trap-tion
How to pronounce contraption:   kun-trap-shun
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Synonyms for contraption


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    2 syllables
    • device
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    3 syllables
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        What rhymes with contraption

        2 syllables
          3 syllables
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