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failure

How many syllables in failure?

  2 syllables

Divide failure into syllables:   fail-ure
Stressed syllable in failure:   fail-ure
How to pronounce failure:   fayl-yur
How to say failure:

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Synonyms for failure


1 syllable
  • crash
  • flop
  • loss
  • dud
  • lapse
2 syllables
  • closure
  • dropout
  • loafer
  • Turkey
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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