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stepfather

How many syllables in stepfather?

  3 syllables

Divide stepfather into syllables:   step-fa-ther
Primary syllable stress:   step-fa-ther
Secondary syllable stress:   step-fa-ther
How to pronounce stepfather:   step-fah-ther
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