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soft-spoken

How many syllables in soft-spoken?

  3 syllables

Divide soft-spoken into syllables:   soft-spo-ken
Primary syllable stress:   soft-spo-ken
Secondary syllable stress:   soft-spo-ken
How to say soft-spoken:

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