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horsetail

How many syllables in horsetail?

  2 syllables

Divide horsetail into syllables:   horse-tail
Primary syllable stress:   horse-tail
Secondary syllable stress:   horse-tail
How to pronounce horsetail:   hawrs-teyl
How to say horsetail:

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