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obsolescence

How many syllables in obsolescence?

  4 syllables

Divide obsolescence into syllables:   ob-so-les-cence
Primary syllable stress:   ob-so-les-cence
Secondary syllable stress:   ob-so-les-cence
How to pronounce obsolescence:   ob-suh-les-uns
How to say obsolescence:

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