futility

How many syllables in futility?

  4 syllables

Divide futility into syllables:   fu-til-i-ty
Primary syllable stress:   fu-til-i-ty
Secondary syllable stress:   fu-til-i-ty
How to pronounce futility:   fyoo-til-i-tee
How to say futility:

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