perspiration

How many syllables in perspiration?

  4 syllables

Divide perspiration into syllables:   per-spi-ra-tion
Primary syllable stress:   per-spi-ra-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   per-spi-ra-tion
How to pronounce perspiration:   pur-sper-ey-shun
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