initiation

How many syllables in initiation?

  5 syllables

Divide initiation into syllables:   in-i-ti-a-tion
Primary syllable stress:   in-i-ti-a-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   in-i-ti-a-tion
How to pronounce initiation:   ih-nish-ee-ey-shun
How to say initiation:

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