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employer

How many syllables in employer?

  3 syllables

Divide employer into syllables:   em-ploy-er
Stressed syllable in employer:   em-ploy-er
How to pronounce employer:   em-ploi-er
How to say employer:

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What rhymes with employer

2 syllables
  • Boyer
  • foyer
  • oyer
  • coyer
  • lawyer
  • sawyer
3 syllables
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