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falter

How many syllables in falter?

  2 syllables

Divide falter into syllables:   fal-ter
Stressed syllable in falter:   fal-ter
How to pronounce falter:   fawl-ter
How to say falter:

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Synonyms for falter


1 syllable
  • blench
  • lapse
  • pause
  • trip
  • fade
  • lurch
  • sway
  • wane
2 syllables
  • abate
  • flounder
  • stammer
  • stutter
  • totter
  • waver
  • delay
  • stagger
  • stumble
  • tail off
  • trip up
  • weaken
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • be unstable
  • become fainter
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What rhymes with falter

1 syllable
  • saults
    2 syllables
    • altar
    • balter
    • malter
    • Psalter
    • saulter
    • Walter
    • alter
    • halter
    • palter
    • salter
    • vaulter
    3 syllables
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