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pillowcase

How many syllables in pillowcase?

  3 syllables

Divide pillowcase into syllables:   pil-low-case
Primary syllable stress:   pil-low-case
Secondary syllable stress:   pil-low-case
How to pronounce pillowcase:   pil-oh-keys
How to say pillowcase:

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