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Illinois

How many syllables in Illinois?

  3 syllables

Divide Illinois into syllables:   Il-li-nois
Primary syllable stress:   Il-li-nois
Secondary syllable stress:   Il-li-nois
How to say Illinois:

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What rhymes with Illinois

1 syllable
  • boy
  • boys
  • cloy
  • croy
  • goy
  • hoy
  • Loy
  • noise
  • oy
  • ploys
  • Roy
  • toy
  • troy
  • yo
  • boy's
  • choy
  • coy
  • foy
  • hoi
  • joy
  • moy
  • Noyes
  • ploy
  • poise
  • soy
  • toys
  • woy
2 syllables
  • annoy
  • boyang
  • deploy
  • destroy
  • employ
  • enjoy
  • McCoy
  • oie
  • Savoy
  • annoys
  • decoy
  • deploys
  • destroys
  • employs
  • enjoys
  • moise
  • polloi
3 syllables
  • eloise
  • unemploy
4 syllables
    6 syllables
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