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competes

How many syllables in competes?

  2 syllables

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What rhymes with competes

1 syllable
  • beats
  • bleats
  • cleats
  • feats
  • greets
  • Keats
  • meets
  • seats
  • skeets
  • suites
  • teats
  • beets
  • cheats
  • eats
  • fleets
  • heats
  • meats
  • pleats
  • sheets
  • streets
  • sweets
  • treats
2 syllables
  • completes
  • defeats
  • elites
  • petites
  • repeats
  • retree
3 syllables
  • mefoxin
4 syllables
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