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housekeeping

How many syllables in housekeeping?

  3 syllables

Divide housekeeping into syllables:   house-keep-ing
Primary syllable stress:   house-keep-ing
Secondary syllable stress:   house-keep-ing
How to pronounce housekeeping:   hous-kee-ping
How to say housekeeping:

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