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cretin

How many syllables in cretin?

  2 syllables

Divide cretin into syllables:   cre-tin
Stressed syllable in cretin:   cre-tin
How to say cretin:

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What rhymes with cretin

2 syllables
  • beaten
  • Eaton
  • neaten
  • wheaten
  • Cretan
  • Eton
  • sweeten
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