indispensable

How many syllables in indispensable?

  5 syllables

Divide indispensable into syllables:   in-dis-pen-sa-ble
Primary syllable stress:   in-dis-pen-sa-ble
Secondary syllable stress:   in-dis-pen-sa-ble
How to pronounce indispensable:   in-di-spen-suh-bull
How to say indispensable:

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1 syllable
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    2 syllables
    • basic
    • crucial
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    • staple
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