disappointment

How many syllables in disappointment?

  4 syllables

Divide disappointment into syllables:   dis-ap-point-ment
Primary syllable stress:   dis-ap-point-ment
Secondary syllable stress:   dis-ap-point-ment
How to pronounce disappointment:   dis-uh-point-ment
How to say disappointment:

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1 syllable
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2 syllables
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  • dismay
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