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initiation

How many syllables in initiation?

  5 syllables

Divide initiation into syllables:   in-i-ti-a-tion
Primary syllable stress:   in-i-ti-a-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   in-i-ti-a-tion
How to pronounce initiation:   ih-nish-ee-ey-shun
How to say initiation:

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Synonyms for initiation


1 syllable
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  • start
2 syllables
  • advent
  • baptism
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with initiation

    1 syllable
    • corp
      2 syllables
      • Haitian
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      • nation
      • station
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
      6 syllables
      7 syllables
      8 syllables
      9 syllables
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