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cactus

How many syllables in cactus?

  2 syllables

Divide cactus into syllables:   cac-tus
Stressed syllable in cactus:   cac-tus
How to pronounce cactus:   kak-tus
How to say cactus:

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What rhymes with cactus

2 syllables
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