deserve

How many syllables in deserve?

  2 syllables

Divide deserve into syllables:   de-serve
Stressed syllable in deserve:   de-serve
How to pronounce deserve:   dih-zurv
How to say deserve:

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2 syllables
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    What rhymes with deserve

    1 syllable
    • curve
    • d'oh
    • mirv
    • serv
    • swerve
    • d'oeuvre
    • merv
    • nerve
    • serve
    2 syllables
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