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peppercorn

How many syllables in peppercorn?

  3 syllables

Divide peppercorn into syllables:   pep-per-corn
Primary syllable stress:   pep-per-corn
Secondary syllable stress:   pep-per-corn
How to pronounce peppercorn:   pep-er-korn
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