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dictates

How many syllables in dictates?

  2 syllables

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What rhymes with dictates

1 syllable
  • ates
  • bates
  • coates
  • dates
  • fates
  • grates
  • hates
  • pates
  • plates
  • rates
  • skates
  • spates
  • states
  • straits
  • waits
  • yates
  • baits
  • cates
  • crates
  • eights
  • gates
  • greats
  • mates
  • plaits
  • rate's
  • sates
  • slates
  • state's
  • straights
  • traits
  • weights
  • Yeats
2 syllables
  • abates
  • conflates
  • datil
  • equates
  • estates
  • misstates
  • negates
  • relates
  • translates
  • awaits
  • creates
  • debates
  • estate's
  • inflates
  • narrates
  • predates
  • restates
  • updates
3 syllables
4 syllables
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