rural

How many syllables in rural?

  2 syllables

Divide rural into syllables:   ru-ral
Stressed syllable in rural:   ru-ral
How to pronounce rural:   roor-ul
How to say rural:

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    2 syllables
    • crural
    • mural
    • plural
    • Ural
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    4 syllables
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