welfare

How many syllables in welfare?

  2 syllables

Divide welfare into syllables:   wel-fare
Primary syllable stress:   wel-fare
Secondary syllable stress:   wel-fare
How to pronounce welfare:   wel-fair
How to say welfare:

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