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discontinuity

How many syllables in discontinuity?

  6 syllables

Divide discontinuity into syllables:   dis-con-ti-nu-i-ty
Primary syllable stress:   dis-con-ti-nu-i-ty
Secondary syllable stress:   dis-con-ti-nu-i-ty
How to say discontinuity:

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What rhymes with discontinuity

4 syllables
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