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dad

How many syllables in dad?

  1 syllable

Divide dad into syllables:   dad
Syllable stress:   dad
How to pronounce dad:   dad
How to say dad:

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What rhymes with dad

1 syllable
  • ad
  • bad
  • brad
  • chad
  • clad
  • gad
  • glad
  • had
  • mad
  • pad
  • rad
  • scad
  • shadd
  • thad
  • add
  • bade
  • cad
  • Chad
  • fad
  • Gad
  • grad
  • lad
  • nad
  • plaid
  • sad
  • shad
  • tad
  • trad
2 syllables
  • forbad
  • Riyadh
  • radde
  • scaddle
3 syllables
  • ciudad
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