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cortex

How many syllables in cortex?

  2 syllables

Divide cortex into syllables:   cor-tex
Stressed syllable in cortex:   cor-tex
How to pronounce cortex:   kawr-teks
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What rhymes with cortex

1 syllable
  • DX
  • MX
2 syllables
  • annex
  • codex
  • convex
  • desex
  • fourplex
  • ilex
  • Kleenex
  • mirex
  • narthex
  • Perspex
  • pollex
  • reflex
  • safe sex
  • silex
  • simplex
  • telex
  • triplex
  • vertex
  • apex
  • complex
  • culex
  • duplex
  • ibex
  • index
  • latex
  • murex
  • perplex
  • phone sex
  • Pyrex
  • Rx
  • scolex
  • silvex
  • spandex
  • Tex-Mex
  • unsex
  • vortex
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