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encourage

Syllables: en-cour-age: 3 syllables, one for each vowel sound you say. The final e is silent, so it doesn't add a syllable.
Stressed syllable: The 2nd syllable is stressed: en-COUR-age.
Pronunciation: /ɛnˈkɝɪdʒ/ in American English.
Stress position: The stress falls on the next-to-last syllable (2nd of 3), as in TA-ble, ba-NA-na and in-for-MA-tion. Words ending in -tion and -sion always work this way.
Line break: At the end of a line you can break it as en-courage, encour-age.

Words that rhyme with encourage

How do you divide encourage into syllables?

encourage divides as en-cour-age. en-cour-age: 3 syllables, one for each vowel sound you say. The final e is silent, so it doesn't add a syllable.

How many syllables are in encourage?

Encourage has 3 syllables (en-cour-age).

Which syllable is stressed in encourage?

The stressed syllable in encourage is cour. The 2nd syllable is stressed: en-COUR-age.

How do you pronounce encourage?

/ɛnˈkɝɪdʒ/ in American English.