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cleft

How many syllables in cleft?

  1 syllable

Divide cleft into syllables:   cleft
Syllable stress:   cleft
How to pronounce cleft:   kleft
How to say cleft:

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Synonyms for cleft


1 syllable
  • branched
  • forked
  • pronged
  • rip
  • crack
  • gap
  • rift
2 syllables
  • cranny
  • fissure
  • crevice
3 syllables
  • cavity
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    What rhymes with cleft

    1 syllable
    • deft
    • heft
    • left
    • weft
    • eft
    • klepht
    • theft
    2 syllables
    • bereft
      3 syllables
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