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generic

How many syllables in generic?

  3 syllables

Divide generic into syllables:   ge-ner-ic
Stressed syllable in generic:   ge-ner-ic
How to pronounce generic:   juh-ner-ik
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What rhymes with generic

2 syllables
  • carrick
  • derek
  • derrick
  • Eric
  • Erick
  • Garrick
  • cleric
  • Derick
  • deryck
  • Erich
  • Erik
  • Herrick
3 syllables
  • aspheric
  • chimeric
  • enteric
  • hysteric
  • numeric
4 syllables
5 syllables
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