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paperweight

How many syllables in paperweight?

  3 syllables

Divide paperweight into syllables:   pa-per-weight
Primary syllable stress:   pa-per-weight
Secondary syllable stress:   pa-per-weight
How to pronounce paperweight:   pey-per-weyt
How to say paperweight:

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