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pitter-patter

How many syllables in pitter-patter?

  4 syllables

Divide pitter-patter into syllables:   pit-ter-pat-ter
Primary syllable stress:   pit-ter-pat-ter
Secondary syllable stress:   pit-ter-pat-ter
How to say pitter-patter:

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