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efficacious

How many syllables in efficacious?

  4 syllables

Divide efficacious into syllables:   ef-fi-ca-cious
Primary syllable stress:   ef-fi-ca-cious
Secondary syllable stress:   ef-fi-ca-cious
How to pronounce efficacious:   ef-i-key-shus
How to say efficacious:

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