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incandescent

How many syllables in incandescent?

  4 syllables

Divide incandescent into syllables:   in-can-des-cent
Primary syllable stress:   in-can-des-cent
Secondary syllable stress:   in-can-des-cent
How to pronounce incandescent:   in-kun-des-ent
How to say incandescent:

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Synonyms for incandescent


2 syllables
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    What rhymes with incandescent

    2 syllables
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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