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leatherback

How many syllables in leatherback?

  3 syllables

Divide leatherback into syllables:   leath-er-back
Primary syllable stress:   leath-er-back
Secondary syllable stress:   leath-er-back
How to say leatherback:

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What rhymes with leatherback

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