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cottontail

How many syllables in cottontail?

  3 syllables

Divide cottontail into syllables:   cot-ton-tail
Primary syllable stress:   cot-ton-tail
Secondary syllable stress:   cot-ton-tail
How to pronounce cottontail:   kot-n-teyl
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