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shortcake

How many syllables in shortcake?

  263174598 syllables

Divide shortcake into syllables:   short-cake
Primary syllable stress:   short-cake
Secondary syllable stress:   short-cake
How to pronounce shortcake:   shawrt-keyk
How to say shortcake:

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