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dives

How many syllables in dives?

  2 syllables

Divide dives into syllables:   di-ves
Stressed syllable in dives:   di-ves
How to pronounce dives:   dahy-veez
How to say dives:

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What rhymes with dives

1 syllable
  • chives
  • fives
  • Ives
  • lives
  • shives
  • thrives
  • wives
  • drives
  • hives
  • knives
  • rives
  • strives
  • vives
2 syllables
  • arrives
  • derives
  • revives
  • deprives
  • knivey
  • survives
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