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welterweight

How many syllables in welterweight?

  3 syllables

Divide welterweight into syllables:   wel-ter-weight
Primary syllable stress:   wel-ter-weight
Secondary syllable stress:   wel-ter-weight
How to pronounce welterweight:   wel-ter-weyt
How to say welterweight:

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