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hammerhead

How many syllables in hammerhead?

  3 syllables

Divide hammerhead into syllables:   ham-mer-head
Primary syllable stress:   ham-mer-head
Secondary syllable stress:   ham-mer-head
How to pronounce hammerhead:   ham-er-hed
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