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laypeople

How many syllables in laypeople?

  3 syllables

Divide laypeople into syllables:   lay-peo-ple
How to pronounce laypeople:   ley-pee-pul
How to say laypeople:

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Synonyms for laypeople


2 syllables
  • masses
  • public
4 syllables
  • common people
5 syllables
  • general public
    7 syllables
    • general population
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      What rhymes with laypeople

      2 syllables
      • people
      • steeple
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
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