diffident

How many syllables in diffident?

  3 syllables

Divide diffident into syllables:   dif-fi-dent
Stressed syllable in diffident:   dif-fi-dent
How to pronounce diffident:   dif-i-dunt
How to say diffident:

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1 syllable
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