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potsherd

How many syllables in potsherd?

  2 syllables

Divide potsherd into syllables:   pot-sherd
Primary syllable stress:   pot-sherd
Secondary syllable stress:   pot-sherd
How to pronounce potsherd:   pot-shurd
How to say potsherd:

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