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contends

How many syllables in contends?

  2 syllables

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What rhymes with contends

1 syllable
  • bends
  • blends
  • cleansed
  • ends
  • friend's
  • gens
  • glent
  • hens
  • lends
  • lens's
  • mends
  • N's
  • pens
  • sends
  • spends
  • tends
  • trends
  • when's
  • bens
  • cleanse
  • dens
  • fends
  • friends
  • glens
  • hen's
  • Jens
  • lens
  • men's
  • mens
  • pends
  • rends
  • sens
  • ten's
  • tens
  • wend
  • wrens
2 syllables
  • amends
  • attends
  • commends
  • depends
  • extends
  • intends
  • portends
  • suspends
  • wrentail
3 syllables
4 syllables
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