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cries

How many syllables in cries?

  1 syllable

Divide cries into syllables:   cries
Syllable stress:   cries
How to say cries:

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What rhymes with cries

1 syllable
  • ayes
  • buys
  • dies
  • dyes
  • flies
  • grise
  • guy's
  • highs
  • ise
  • mize
  • pies
  • pries
  • ries
  • shies
  • size
  • sky's
  • spif
  • ties
  • vies
  • whys
  • Y's
  • bise
  • crise
  • dries
  • eyes
  • fries
  • guise
  • guys
  • I's
  • lies
  • nies
  • plies
  • prize
  • rise
  • sighs
  • skies
  • spies
  • thighs
  • tries
  • why's
  • wise
2 syllables
  • advise
  • allies
  • apprise
  • arised
  • belies
  • complies
  • decries
  • demise
  • despise
  • disguise
  • goodbyes
  • implies
  • julies
  • Lise
  • pint-size
  • relies
  • reprise
  • risen
  • supplies
  • supply's
  • surprise
  • unwise
  • AIs
  • applies
  • arise
  • baptize
  • chastise
  • comprise
  • defies
  • denies
  • devise
  • emprise
  • guydom
  • incise
  • july's
  • Marseilles
  • pliform
  • replies
  • revise
  • shiest
  • suppling
  • surmise
  • unties
3 syllables
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