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Kentucky

How many syllables in Kentucky?

  3 syllables

Divide Kentucky into syllables:   Ken-tuck-y
Stressed syllable in Kentucky:   Ken-tuck-y
How to pronounce Kentucky:   kun-tuhk-ee
How to say Kentucky:

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What rhymes with Kentucky

1 syllable
  • plud
  • yuck
2 syllables
  • brucie
  • chuckie
  • luckie
  • mucky
  • bucky
  • chuckies
  • lucky
  • plucky
3 syllables
  • unlucky
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