convalescence

How many syllables in convalescence?

  4 syllables

Divide convalescence into syllables:   con-va-les-cence
Primary syllable stress:   con-va-les-cence
Secondary syllable stress:   con-va-les-cence
How to pronounce convalescence:   kon-vuh-les-uns
How to say convalescence:

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