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paralysis

How many syllables in paralysis?

  4 syllables

Divide paralysis into syllables:   pa-ral-y-sis
Stressed syllable in paralysis:   pa-ral-y-sis
How to pronounce paralysis:   per-al-uh-sis
How to say paralysis:

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What rhymes with paralysis

4 syllables
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