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workhouse

How many syllables in workhouse?

  2 syllables

Divide workhouse into syllables:   work-house
Primary syllable stress:   work-house
Secondary syllable stress:   work-house
How to pronounce workhouse:   wurk-hous
How to say workhouse:

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