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inheritance

How many syllables in inheritance?

  4 syllables

Divide inheritance into syllables:   in-her-it-ance
Stressed syllable in inheritance:   in-her-it-ance
How to pronounce inheritance:   in-her-i-tens
How to say inheritance:

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Synonyms for inheritance


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