misbegotten

How many syllables in misbegotten?

  4 syllables

Divide misbegotten into syllables:   mis-be-got-ten
Primary syllable stress:   mis-be-got-ten
Secondary syllable stress:   mis-be-got-ten
How to pronounce misbegotten:   mis-bi-got-n
How to say misbegotten:

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2 syllables
  • cotton
  • rotten
  • gotten
  • totten
3 syllables
4 syllables
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