problematic

How many syllables in problematic?

  4 syllables

Divide problematic into syllables:   prob-lem-at-ic
Primary syllable stress:   prob-lem-at-ic
Secondary syllable stress:   prob-lem-at-ic
How to pronounce problematic:   prob-luh-mat-ik
How to say problematic:

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