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Holmes

How many syllables in Holmes?

  1 syllable

Divide Holmes into syllables:   Holmes
Syllable stress:   Holmes
How to say Holmes:

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What rhymes with Holmes

1 syllable
  • combes
  • domes
  • gnomes
  • ohms
  • tomes
  • combs
  • foams
  • homes
  • roams
2 syllables
  • biomes
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