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oversight

How many syllables in oversight?

  3 syllables

Divide oversight into syllables:   o-ver-sight
Primary syllable stress:   o-ver-sight
Secondary syllable stress:   o-ver-sight
How to pronounce oversight:   oh-ver-sahyt
How to say oversight:

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Synonyms for oversight


1 syllable
  • fault
  • slip
  • lapse
2 syllables
  • control
  • mistake
  • error
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
  • failure to notice
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What rhymes with oversight

2 syllables
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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