detour

How many syllables in detour?

  2 syllables

Divide detour into syllables:   de-tour
Primary syllable stress:   de-tour
Secondary syllable stress:   de-tour
How to say detour:

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Synonyms for detour


2 syllables
  • bypass
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • deviation
  • long way around
  • indirect route
5 syllables
  • alternative route
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    What rhymes with detour

    1 syllable
    • boor
    • cure
    • lure
    • Moore
    • poor
    • Ruhr
    • spoor
    • tour
    • you
    • buhr
    • jure
    • moor
    • Muir
    • pure
    • shure
    • sure
    • Ur
    • you're
    2 syllables
    • abjure
    • Adour
    • amour
    • assure
    • baldy
    • brochure
    • ceinture
    • coiffure
    • contour
    • demure
    • endure
    • faubourg
    • Fraktur
    • grandeur
    • guipure
    • immure
    • insure
    • kultur
    • langur
    • manure
    • mohur
    • parure
    • procure
    • secure
    • tambour
    • tenure
    • unmoor
    • velour
    • adjure
    • allure
    • Ashur
    • baldur
    • bonjour
    • brochure's
    • cocksure
    • conjure
    • couture
    • dirt-poor
    • ensure
    • for sure
    • gilmour
    • gravure
    • hachure
    • impure
    • inure
    • land-poor
    • ligure
    • mature
    • obscure
    • perdure
    • rondure
    • siddur
    • tandoor
    • Uighur
    • unsure
    • velure
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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