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espy

How many syllables in espy?

  2 syllables

Divide espy into syllables:   es-py
Stressed syllable in espy:   es-py
How to pronounce espy:   ih-spahy
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Synonyms for espy


1 syllable
  • see
  • spot
  • sight
  • spy
2 syllables
  • discern
  • notice
  • make out
  • observe
3 syllables
  • catch sight of
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    What rhymes with espy

    2 syllables
    • aby
    • air-dry
    • ally
    • anti
    • awry
    • Bacchae
    • banzai
    • bee fly
    • belie
    • bigeye
    • blackfly
    • blowby
    • blue-sky
    • bone-dry
    • botfly
    • buckeye
    • bye-bye
    • cat's-eye
    • Chennai
    • cockeye
    • come by
    • cow pie
    • cross-eye
    • decry
    • deep-sky
    • defy
    • deny
    • do by
    • drip-dry
    • dry fly
    • Eli
    • firefly
    • fly high
    • forby
    • frogeye
    • gadfly
    • get by
    • gi
    • good-bye
    • grisaille
    • Haggai
    • heel fly
    • hi-fi
    • horn fly
    • housefly
    • July
    • Kasai
    • lay by
    • Lehigh
    • Levi
    • magpie
    • Masai
    • medfly
    • mooneye
    • nearby
    • nilgai
    • outbye
    • oxeye
    • Panay
    • Parcae
    • pinkeye
    • pop fly
    • put by
    • quasi
    • rely
    • ride high
    • rough-dry
    • Sakai
    • sci-fi
    • Sendai
    • shanghai
    • sheep's eye
    • Sinai
    • small-fry
    • standby
    • string tie
    • swear by
    • test-fly
    • tie-dye
    • tongue-tie
    • twist tie
    • untie
    • Versailles
    • well-nigh
    • whitefly
    • wise guy
    • agley
    • Alai
    • Altai
    • apply
    • aye-aye
    • Baha'i
    • barfly
    • Belgae
    • big lie
    • black tie
    • blow-dry
    • blowfly
    • Bo Hai
    • bonsai
    • Brunei
    • bugeye
    • canaille
    • catchfly
    • chess pie
    • cockshy
    • comply
    • crane fly
    • deadeye
    • deep-fry
    • deerfly
    • Delphi
    • descry
    • dong quai
    • drop by
    • elhi
    • face fly
    • flesh fly
    • flyby
    • freeze-dry
    • fruit fly
    • gallfly
    • GI
    • go by
    • greenfly
    • gun-shy
    • Hawkeye
    • hereby
    • hog-tie
    • horsefly
    • imply
    • Karzai
    • knee-high
    • lay-by
    • let fly
    • lie by
    • mai tai
    • mayfly
    • Moirai
    • Mumbai
    • necktie
    • nisi
    • outcry
    • pad thai
    • panfry
    • pigsty
    • Po Hai
    • potpie
    • Qinghai
    • rabbi
    • reply
    • rocaille
    • run dry
    • sand fly
    • semi
    • set by
    • Shanghai
    • shoofly
    • sky-high
    • stand by
    • stir-fry
    • supply
    • terai
    • thereby
    • titi
    • Transkei
    • two-ply
    • vat dye
    • walleye
    • whereby
    • wild rye
    3 syllables
    • assai
    • Chiang Mai
    • fish-eye
    • glass eye
    • lanai
    • mao-tai
    • my eye
    • pop eye
    • rib eye
    • serai
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