spurious

How many syllables in spurious?

  3 syllables

Divide spurious into syllables:   spu-ri-ous
Stressed syllable in spurious:   spu-ri-ous
How to pronounce spurious:   spyoor-ee-us
How to say spurious:

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2 syllables
  • phony
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