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canker

How many syllables in canker?

  2 syllables

Divide canker into syllables:   can-ker
Stressed syllable in canker:   can-ker
How to pronounce canker:   kang-ker
How to say canker:

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Synonyms for canker


1 syllable
  • bane
  • pest
  • scourge
  • blight
  • plague
2 syllables
  • cancer
  • evil
  • disease
  • menace
3 syllables
    4 syllables
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      What rhymes with canker

      2 syllables
      • anchor
      • banker
      • danker
      • franker
      • rancor
      • ranker's
      • spanker
      • thanker
      • anker
      • chancre
      • flanker
      • hanker
      • ranker
      • shanker
      • tanker
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