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townspeople

How many syllables in townspeople?

  3 syllables

Divide townspeople into syllables:   towns-peo-ple
Primary syllable stress:   towns-peo-ple
Secondary syllable stress:   towns-peo-ple
How to pronounce townspeople:   tounz-pee-pul
How to say townspeople:

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