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calf

How many syllables in calf?

  1 syllable

Divide calf into syllables:   calf
Syllable stress:   calf
How to say calf:

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What rhymes with calf

1 syllable
  • caff
  • daff
  • gaffe
  • graff
  • haff
  • laugh
  • quaff
  • raff
  • sclaff
  • staff
  • Waf
  • yaff
  • chaff
  • gaff
  • Graf
  • graph
  • half
  • naff
  • raf
  • scaff
  • skaff
  • staph
  • waff
2 syllables
  • behalf
  • giraffe's
  • giraffe
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