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putrefactive

How many syllables in putrefactive?

  4 syllables

Divide putrefactive into syllables:   pu-tre-fac-tive
Primary syllable stress:   pu-tre-fac-tive
Secondary syllable stress:   pu-tre-fac-tive
How to say putrefactive:

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