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capstan

How many syllables in capstan?

  2 syllables

Divide capstan into syllables:   cap-stan
Stressed syllable in capstan:   cap-stan
How to say capstan:

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What rhymes with capstan

2 syllables
  • adman
  • aidman
  • Bataan
  • best man
  • birdman
  • boss man
  • brogan
  • caftan
  • cancan
  • caveman
  • claypan
  • Cohan
  • corban
  • Cruzan
  • deadpan
  • dishpan
  • doorman
  • fan-tan
  • fibranne
  • flyman
  • freedman
  • frogman
  • gagman
  • glucan
  • hardpan
  • headman
  • inspan
  • Japan
  • jazzman
  • kneepan
  • Kurgan
  • legman
  • liftman
  • madman
  • main man
  • man's man
  • merman
  • milkman
  • oil pan
  • oilman
  • one-man
  • pecan
  • point man
  • Poznan
  • pressman
  • Queen Anne
  • rattan
  • reman
  • Saipan
  • sampan
  • saucepan
  • sea fan
  • snowman
  • soutane
  • Spokane
  • stewpan
  • stockman
  • straw man
  • stuntman
  • suntan
  • TACAN
  • test ban
  • tisane
  • trainman
  • trepan
  • Tristan
  • unman
  • Walkman
  • wingspan
  • yardman
  • Afghan
  • ape-man
  • bedpan
  • Bhutan
  • boardman
  • brainpan
  • C-Span
  • caiman
  • captan
  • chessman
  • clubman
  • cooncan
  • cowman
  • cyan
  • deskman
  • divan
  • dustpan
  • Fezzan
  • flight plan
  • FORTRAN
  • freeman
  • G-man
  • game plan
  • Greenspan
  • he-man
  • iceman
  • Iran
  • japan
  • Kazan
  • Koran
  • leadman
  • life span
  • loran
  • mailman
  • Malan
  • Mandan
  • Milan
  • newsman
  • oilcan
  • old man
  • pavane
  • plowman
  • postman
  • preman
  • propman
  • ragman
  • reedman
  • rodman
  • salt pan
  • sandman
  • schoolman
  • sedan
  • soundman
  • spaceman
  • spray can
  • stickman
  • straight man
  • strongman
  • Sudan
  • T-man
  • taipan
  • tin can
  • toucan
  • trashman
  • triptan
  • tube pan
  • vegan
  • weight man
  • wise man
  • yes-man
3 syllables
  • deadman
  • routeman
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