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defends

How many syllables in defends?

  2 syllables

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What rhymes with defends

1 syllable
  • bends
  • ends
  • friend's
  • lends
  • pends
  • sends
  • tends
  • wend
  • blends
  • fends
  • friends
  • mends
  • rends
  • spends
  • trends
2 syllables
  • amends
  • attends
  • commends
  • depends
  • extends
  • offends
  • pretends
  • transcends
3 syllables
4 syllables
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