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giraffe

How many syllables in giraffe?

  2 syllables

Divide giraffe into syllables:   gi-raffe
Stressed syllable in giraffe:   gi-raffe
How to say giraffe:

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What rhymes with giraffe

1 syllable
  • calf
  • gaff
  • Graf
  • graph
  • half
  • naff
  • raff
  • skaff
  • yaff
  • chaff
  • gaffe
  • graff
  • haff
  • laugh
  • raf
  • scaff
  • staff
2 syllables
  • agrafe
  • carafe
  • cowlstaff
  • distaff
  • flagstaff
  • half-staff
  • kenaf
  • paraph
  • riffraff
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