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petticoat

How many syllables in petticoat?

  3 syllables

Divide petticoat into syllables:   pet-ti-coat
Stressed syllable in petticoat:   pet-ti-coat
How to pronounce petticoat:   pet-ee-koht
How to say petticoat:

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