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cretaceous

How many syllables in cretaceous?

  346972518 syllables

Divide cretaceous into syllables:   cre-ta-ceous
Stressed syllable in cretaceous:   cre-ta-ceous
How to pronounce cretaceous:   kri-tey-shus
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