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confuse

How many syllables in confuse?

  2 syllables

Divide confuse into syllables:   con-fuse
Stressed syllable in confuse:   con-fuse
How to pronounce confuse:   kun-fyooz
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Synonyms for confuse


1 syllable
  • blur
  • fox
  • throw
  • faze
  • stump
  • vex
2 syllables
  • baffle
  • confound
  • fluster
  • mistake
  • muddy
  • perplex
  • stymie
  • unhinge
  • bemuse
  • dazzle
  • fuddle
  • mix up
  • obscure
  • puzzle
  • tangle
3 syllables
  • befuddle
  • buffalo
  • muddle up
  • obfuscate
4 syllables
    7 syllables
    • fail to differentiate
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      What rhymes with confuse

      1 syllable
      • blues
      • booze
      • brewst
      • chews
      • chuse
      • clues
      • crews
      • cruse
      • cues
      • do's
      • druze
      • ewes
      • fuse
      • goos
      • hewt
      • Hughes
      • jews
      • lose
      • mews
      • muse
      • oohs
      • pews
      • ques
      • roose
      • schmooze
      • shoes
      • skews
      • sous
      • stews
      • strewth
      • tews
      • twos
      • use
      • who's
      • whose
      • youse
      • zoos
      • boos
      • brews
      • bruise
      • choose
      • clews
      • coups
      • cruise
      • Cruz
      • dews
      • druse
      • dues
      • flus
      • glues
      • hews
      • hues
      • huse
      • Loos
      • Meuse
      • moos
      • news
      • ooze
      • Q's
      • queues
      • ruse
      • screws
      • shrews
      • snooze
      • spews
      • strews
      • sues
      • two's
      • U's
      • views
      • who've
      • woos
      • zoo's
      2 syllables
      • abuse
      • accuse
      • Andrews
      • bemuse
      • canoes
      • charmeuse
      • chewstick
      • contuse
      • defuse
      • diseuse
      • effuse
      • enthuse
      • excuse
      • incuse
      • masseuse
      • perfuse
      • pursues
      • recuse
      • renews
      • reviews
      • shampoos
      • suffuse
      • tattoos
      • transfuse
      • accrues
      • amuse
      • bad news
      • berceuse
      • chanteuse
      • chartreuse
      • coiffeuse
      • danseuse
      • diffuse
      • disuse
      • ensues
      • eschews
      • ill-use
      • infuse
      • misuse
      • peruse
      • recluse
      • refuse
      • reuse
      • revues
      • short fuse
      • taboos
      • Toulouse
      • vendeuse
      3 syllables
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