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defeats

How many syllables in defeats?

  2 syllables

Divide defeats into syllables:   de-feats
Stressed syllable in defeats:   de-feat-s
How to pronounce defeats:   dih-feets
How to say defeats:

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What rhymes with defeats

1 syllable
  • beats
  • bleats
  • cleats
  • feats
  • greets
  • Keats
  • meets
  • seats
  • skeets
  • suites
  • teats
  • beets
  • cheats
  • eats
  • fleets
  • heats
  • meats
  • pleats
  • sheets
  • streets
  • sweets
  • treats
2 syllables
  • competes
  • deceits
  • elites
  • petites
  • repeats
  • retree
3 syllables
  • mefoxin
4 syllables
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