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deceptiveness

How many syllables in deceptiveness?

  4 syllables

Divide deceptiveness into syllables:   de-cep-tive-ness
Stressed syllable in deceptiveness:   de-cep-tive-ness
How to say deceptiveness:

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Synonyms for deceptiveness


2 syllables
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