afoul

How many syllables in afoul?

  2 syllables

Divide afoul into syllables:   a-foul
Stressed syllable in afoul:   a-foul
How to pronounce afoul:   uh-foul
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What rhymes with afoul

1 syllable
  • cowl
  • foul
  • fowled
  • howl
  • moul
  • prowl
  • scowl
  • crowl
  • fowl
  • growl
  • jowl
  • owl
  • Raul
2 syllables
  • befoul
  • towel
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