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tumbleweed

How many syllables in tumbleweed?

  3 syllables

Divide tumbleweed into syllables:   tum-ble-weed
Primary syllable stress:   tum-ble-weed
Secondary syllable stress:   tum-ble-weed
How to pronounce tumbleweed:   tuhm-bul-weed
How to say tumbleweed:

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