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epileptic

How many syllables in epileptic?

  4 syllables

Divide epileptic into syllables:   ep-i-lep-tic
Primary syllable stress:   ep-i-lep-tic
Secondary syllable stress:   ep-i-lep-tic
How to pronounce epileptic:   ep-uh-lep-tik
How to say epileptic:

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What rhymes with epileptic

2 syllables
  • peptic
  • septic
4 syllables
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