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painful

Syllables: pain-ful: 2 syllables, one for each vowel sound you say.
Stressed syllable: The 1st syllable is stressed: PAIN-ful.
Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪnfəl/ in American English.
Stress position: The stress falls on the next-to-last syllable (1st of 2), 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 pain-ful.

Words that rhyme with painful

How do you divide painful into syllables?

painful divides as pain-ful. pain-ful: 2 syllables, one for each vowel sound you say.

How many syllables are in painful?

Painful has 2 syllables (pain-ful).

Which syllable is stressed in painful?

The stressed syllable in painful is pain. The 1st syllable is stressed: PAIN-ful.

How do you pronounce painful?

/ˈpeɪnfəl/ in American English.