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bacteria

How many syllables in bacteria?

  4 syllables

Divide bacteria into syllables:   bac-te-ri-a
Stressed syllable in bacteria:   bac-te-ri-a
How to pronounce bacteria:   bak-ter-ee-ya
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Synonyms for bacteria


1 syllable
  • bug
  • germ
2 syllables
  • microbe
5 syllables
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What rhymes with bacteria

4 syllables
  • Algeria
  • asteria
  • diphtheria
  • Elyria
  • Illyria
  • listeria
  • plumeria
  • Siberia
  • Assyria
  • criteria
  • Egeria
  • Iberia
  • Liberia
  • Nigeria
  • porphyria
  • wisteria
5 syllables
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