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backstop

How many syllables in backstop?

  2 syllables

Divide backstop into syllables:   back-stop
Primary syllable stress:   back-stop
Secondary syllable stress:   back-stop
How to pronounce backstop:   bak-stop
How to say backstop:

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What rhymes with backstop

2 syllables
  • Aesop
  • atop
  • bakeshop
  • bebop
  • bellhop
  • big top
  • bookshop
  • cartop
  • chop shop
  • click stop
  • clop-clop
  • co-op
  • cough drop
  • dewdrop
  • doorstop
  • drop-top
  • dust mop
  • eavesdrop
  • estop
  • fire-stop
  • flattop
  • flue stop
  • grogshop
  • hardtop
  • hedgehop
  • hilltop
  • hockshop
  • joypop
  • mail drop
  • milksop
  • nonstop
  • outcrop
  • pawnshop
  • pit stop
  • post-op
  • pro shop
  • raindrop
  • ripstop
  • root crop
  • shortstop
  • slipslop
  • soursop
  • stonecrop
  • sweatshop
  • sweetsop
  • teardrop
  • tip-top
  • trip-hop
  • unstop
  • workshop
3 syllables
  • cooktop
  • ridgetop
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