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shoehorn

How many syllables in shoehorn?

  2 syllables

Divide shoehorn into syllables:   shoe-horn
Primary syllable stress:   shoe-horn
Secondary syllable stress:   shoe-horn
How to pronounce shoehorn:   shoo-hawrn
How to say shoehorn:

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