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sleepyhead

How many syllables in sleepyhead?

  3 syllables

Divide sleepyhead into syllables:   sleep-y-head
Primary syllable stress:   sleep-y-head
Secondary syllable stress:   sleep-y-head
How to pronounce sleepyhead:   slee-pee-hed
How to say sleepyhead:

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