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extortion

How many syllables in extortion?

  3 syllables

Divide extortion into syllables:   ex-tor-tion
Stressed syllable in extortion:   ex-tor-tion
How to pronounce extortion:   ik-stawr-shun
How to say extortion:

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What rhymes with extortion

2 syllables
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