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Is afraid a word that has 2 schwa sounds?

You're very close!

"Afraid" only has one schwa sound.

Here's the breakdown:

* a in "afraid" is the schwa sound (ə)

* ai in "afraid" makes the long "a" sound (eɪ)

So, the pronunciation of "afraid" is əˈfreɪd.

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