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effete

How many syllables in effete?

  2 syllables

Divide effete into syllables:   ef-fete
Stressed syllable in effete:   ef-fete
How to pronounce effete:   ih-feet
How to say effete:

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What rhymes with effete

1 syllable
  • beat
  • bleat
  • cleat
  • eat
  • feet
  • freet
  • grete
  • leet
  • meet
  • neat
  • peat
  • pleat
  • sheet
  • skeet
  • st
  • suite
  • teat
  • treat
  • wheat
  • beet
  • cheat
  • Crete
  • feat
  • fleet
  • greet
  • heat
  • meat
  • mete
  • neet
  • pete
  • seat
  • Skeat
  • sleet
  • street
  • sweet
  • teet
  • tweet
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