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propriety

How many syllables in propriety?

  4 syllables

Divide propriety into syllables:   pro-pri-e-ty
Stressed syllable in propriety:   pro-pri-e-ty
How to pronounce propriety:   pruh-prahy-i-tee
How to say propriety:

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      What rhymes with propriety

      3 syllables
      • piety
        4 syllables
        • anxiety
        • impiety
        • satiety
        • society
        • dubiety
        • nimiety
        • sobriety
        • variety
        5 syllables
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