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wholesale

Syllables: whole-sale: 2 syllables, one for each vowel sound you say. The final e is silent, so it doesn't add a syllable.
Stressed syllable: The 1st syllable is stressed: WHOLE-sale. Lighter (secondary) stress on sale.
Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊlˌseɪl/ 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 whole-sale.

Words that rhyme with wholesale

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How do you divide wholesale into syllables?

wholesale divides as whole-sale. whole-sale: 2 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 wholesale?

Wholesale has 2 syllables (whole-sale).

Which syllable is stressed in wholesale?

The stressed syllable in wholesale is whole. The 1st syllable is stressed: WHOLE-sale. Lighter (secondary) stress on sale.

How do you pronounce wholesale?

/ˈhoʊlˌseɪl/ in American English.