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canton

How many syllables in canton?

  2 syllables

Divide canton into syllables:   can-ton
Stressed syllable in canton:   can-ton
How to say canton:

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Synonyms for canton


2 syllables
  • borough
  • parish
  • region
3 syllables
  • area
    4 syllables
      5 syllables
        6 syllables
        • political unit
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          What rhymes with canton

          2 syllables
          • add-on
          • agone
          • Amman
          • archon
          • Argonne
          • barchan
          • blouson
          • boron
          • bouillon
          • canton
          • chaconne
          • chignon
          • cistron
          • codon
          • crampon
          • crepon
          • crouton
          • Danton
          • exon
          • fronton
          • Garonne
          • gluon
          • hand on
          • hazan
          • hereon
          • icon
          • intron
          • kaon
          • Kirman
          • krypton
          • lauan
          • Luzon
          • manton
          • Memnon
          • micron
          • mouton
          • neon
          • neuron
          • ninon
          • nylon
          • Orlon
          • parton
          • Phaëthon
          • phyton
          • piton
          • plantain
          • pompon
          • proton
          • put-on
          • python
          • radon
          • recon
          • run-on
          • santon
          • Schumann
          • Shaban
          • Shingon
          • slip-on
          • Stanton
          • tampon
          • Teflon
          • teston
          • torchon
          • trigon
          • Tucson
          • Typhon
          • uhlan
          • whereon
          • wonton
          • Xi'an
          • Yukon
          • agon
          • Akan
          • anon
          • argon
          • atman
          • baton
          • bonbon
          • boson
          • bygone
          • Canton
          • chiffon
          • chrismon
          • clip-on
          • coupon
          • crayon
          • cretonne
          • Dacron
          • doggone
          • foregone
          • futon
          • Gibran
          • hadron
          • hands-on
          • head-on
          • hogan
          • Inchon
          • jomon
          • Khoisan
          • koan
          • kurgan
          • lepton
          • macron
          • Medan
          • meson
          • moron
          • muon
          • nephron
          • neutron
          • Nippon
          • Oran
          • panton
          • Pathan
          • photon
          • pion
          • plankton
          • pluton
          • prion
          • Pusan
          • pylon
          • racon
          • rayon
          • rhyton
          • salon
          • Schliemann
          • Scranton
          • shaitan
          • sign on
          • soupçon
          • Taiwan
          • taxon
          • Tehran
          • thereon
          • toyon
          • trogon
          • turn on
          • tzigane
          • upon
          • witan
          • xenon
          • yaupon
          • Yunnan
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