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hydrocarbon

How many syllables in hydrocarbon?

  4 syllables

Divide hydrocarbon into syllables:   hy-dro-car-bon
Primary syllable stress:   hy-dro-car-bon
Secondary syllable stress:   hy-dro-car-bon
How to say hydrocarbon:

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What rhymes with hydrocarbon

2 syllables
  • carbon
  • carbons
4 syllables
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