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compounds

How many syllables in compounds?

  2 syllables

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What rhymes with compounds

1 syllable
  • bounds
  • hounds
  • pounds
  • sounds
  • grounds
  • mounds
  • rounds
2 syllables
  • abounds
  • confounds
  • expreme
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