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nutcracker

How many syllables in nutcracker?

  3 syllables

Divide nutcracker into syllables:   nut-crack-er
Primary syllable stress:   nut-crack-er
Secondary syllable stress:   nut-crack-er
How to pronounce nutcracker:   nuht-krak-er
How to say nutcracker:

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