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Ernest

How many syllables in Ernest?

  2 syllables

Divide Ernest into syllables:   Er-nest
Stressed syllable in Ernest:   Er-nest
How to pronounce Ernest:   ur-nist
How to say Ernest:

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What rhymes with Ernest

2 syllables
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