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figurehead

How many syllables in figurehead?

  3 syllables

Divide figurehead into syllables:   fig-ure-head
Primary syllable stress:   fig-ure-head
Secondary syllable stress:   fig-ure-head
How to pronounce figurehead:   fig-yer-hed
How to say figurehead:

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