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watermelon

How many syllables in watermelon?

  4 syllables

Divide watermelon into syllables:   wa-ter-mel-on
Primary syllable stress:   wa-ter-mel-on
Secondary syllable stress:   wa-ter-mel-on
How to pronounce watermelon:   wah-ter-mel-on
How to say watermelon:

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