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Cretan

How many syllables in Cretan?

  2 syllables

Divide Cretan into syllables:   Cre-tan
Stressed syllable in Cretan:   Cre-tan
How to pronounce Cretan:   kreet-n
How to say Cretan:

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What rhymes with Cretan

2 syllables
  • beaten
  • Eton
  • sweeten
  • cretin
  • neaten
  • wheaten
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