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housekeeper

How many syllables in housekeeper?

  3 syllables

Divide housekeeper into syllables:   house-keep-er
Primary syllable stress:   house-keep-er
Secondary syllable stress:   house-keep-er
How to pronounce housekeeper:   hous-kee-per
How to say housekeeper:

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