jurisdiction

How many syllables in jurisdiction?

  4 syllables

Divide jurisdiction into syllables:   ju-ris-dic-tion
Primary syllable stress:   ju-ris-dic-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   ju-ris-dic-tion
How to pronounce jurisdiction:   jur-is-dik-shun
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1 syllable
  • field
  • sphere
  • rule
  • sway
2 syllables
  • command
  • orbit
  • province
  • control
  • power
3 syllables
  • area
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    2 syllables
    • diction
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    • fiction
    3 syllables
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