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percolation

How many syllables in percolation?

  4 syllables

Divide percolation into syllables:   per-co-la-tion
Primary syllable stress:   per-co-la-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   per-co-la-tion
How to pronounce percolation:   pur-kuh-ley-shun
How to say percolation:

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