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dunce

How many syllables in dunce?

  1 syllable

Divide dunce into syllables:   dunce
Syllable stress:   dunce
How to pronounce dunce:   duhns
How to say dunce:

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What rhymes with dunce

1 syllable
  • bunce
  • once
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