decompose

How many syllables in decompose?

  3 syllables

Divide decompose into syllables:   de-com-pose
Primary syllable stress:   de-com-pose
Secondary syllable stress:   de-com-pose
How to pronounce decompose:   dee-kum-pohz
How to say decompose:

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Synonyms for decompose


1 syllable
  • rot
    2 syllables
    • crumble
    • fester
    • decay
    • molder
    3 syllables
    • go moldy
    • putrefy
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    1 syllable
    • beaus
    • boes
    • bows
    • chose
    • clothes
    • crose
    • crows
    • eaux
    • foes
    • glows
    • grows
    • hose
    • knows
    • lows
    • nose
    • oh's
    • ose
    • pose
    • pro's
    • prose
    • rose
    • sews
    • slows
    • sows
    • throes
    • toes
    • woes
    • blows
    • Bose
    • brose
    • close
    • cose
    • crow's
    • doze
    • flows
    • froze
    • goes
    • hoes
    • joes
    • lowes
    • noes
    • O's
    • ohs
    • owes
    • pows
    • pros
    • roes
    • rows
    • shows
    • snows
    • those
    • throws
    • tows
    2 syllables
    • arose
    • compose
    • disclose
    • DuBose
    • expose
    • forgoes
    • impose
    • plainclothes
    • repose
    • stavros
    • tarots
    • transpose
    • bestows
    • depose
    • dispose
    • enclose
    • foreclose
    • hoeshin
    • oppose
    • propose
    • sewster
    • suppose
    • towser
    • yoe
    3 syllables
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