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lactose

How many syllables in lactose?

  2 syllables

Divide lactose into syllables:   lac-tose
Primary syllable stress:   lac-tose
Secondary syllable stress:   lac-tose
How to pronounce lactose:   lak-tohs
How to say lactose:

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What rhymes with lactose

2 syllables
  • arkose
  • cosmos
  • cymose
  • engross
  • fructose
  • glucose
  • maltose
  • morose
  • nodose
  • pentose
  • plumose
  • rhamnose
  • rugose
  • setose
  • strigose
  • Sukkoth
  • up close
  • verbose
  • Carlos
  • crustose
  • dextrose
  • erose
  • globose
  • jocose
  • mannose
  • mythos
  • pappose
  • pilose
  • ramose
  • ribose
  • schistose
  • spinose
  • sucrose
  • triose
  • vadose
  • viscose
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