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gaffe

How many syllables in gaffe?

  1 syllable

Divide gaffe into syllables:   gaffe
Syllable stress:   gaffe
How to pronounce gaffe:   gaf
How to say gaffe:

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Synonyms for gaffe


1 syllable
  • boob
  • slip
2 syllables
  • blooper
  • error
  • faux pas
  • misstep
  • blunder
  • false move
  • howler
  • mistake
3 syllables
    4 syllables
      5 syllables
      • error of judgment
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        What rhymes with gaffe

        1 syllable
        • caff
        • chaff
        • gaff
        • graff
        • haff
        • laugh
        • quaff
        • raff
        • sclaff
        • staff
        • Waf
        • yaff
        • calf
        • daff
        • Graf
        • graph
        • half
        • naff
        • raf
        • scaff
        • skaff
        • staph
        • waff
        2 syllables
        • behalf
        • giraffe's
        • giraffe
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