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believes

How many syllables in believes?

  2 syllables

Divide believes into syllables:   be-lieves
How to say believes:

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What rhymes with believes

1 syllable
  • cleaves
  • eves
  • grieves
  • leaves
  • peeves
  • sleeves
  • thieve
  • weave
  • eaves
  • greaves
  • heaves
  • neves
  • sheaves
  • steeves
  • thieves
2 syllables
  • achieves
  • reaves
  • reeves
  • retrieves
3 syllables
4 syllables
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