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commence

How many syllables in commence?

  2 syllables

Divide commence into syllables:   com-mence
Stressed syllable in commence:   com-mence
How to pronounce commence:   kuh-mens
How to say commence:

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Synonyms for commence


1 syllable
  • start
    2 syllables
    • begin
    • open
    3 syllables
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      What rhymes with commence

      1 syllable
      • cents
      • fence
      • pence
      • sense
      • tense
      • whence
      • dense
      • hence
      • pense
      • Spence
      • thence
      2 syllables
      • defence
      • defensed
      • dispense
      • Ferenc
      • immense
      • intense
      • offense
      • pretense
      • sixth sense
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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