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stepmother

How many syllables in stepmother?

  3 syllables

Divide stepmother into syllables:   step-moth-er
Primary syllable stress:   step-moth-er
Secondary syllable stress:   step-moth-er
How to pronounce stepmother:   step-muhth-er
How to say stepmother:

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