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barleycorn

How many syllables in barleycorn?

  3 syllables

Divide barleycorn into syllables:   bar-ley-corn
Primary syllable stress:   bar-ley-corn
Secondary syllable stress:   bar-ley-corn
How to pronounce barleycorn:   bahr-lee-korn
How to say barleycorn:

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What rhymes with barleycorn

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