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pennyweight

How many syllables in pennyweight?

  3 syllables

Divide pennyweight into syllables:   pen-ny-weight
Primary syllable stress:   pen-ny-weight
Secondary syllable stress:   pen-ny-weight
How to pronounce pennyweight:   pen-ee-weyt
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