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putrefaction

How many syllables in putrefaction?

  4 syllables

Divide putrefaction into syllables:   pu-tre-fac-tion
Primary syllable stress:   pu-tre-fac-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   pu-tre-fac-tion
How to pronounce putrefaction:   pyoo-truh-fak-shun
How to say putrefaction:

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    What rhymes with putrefaction

    4 syllables
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