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lighter

How many syllables in lighter?

  2 syllables

Divide lighter into syllables:   light-er
Stressed syllable in lighter:   light-er
How to pronounce lighter:   lahy-ter
How to say lighter:

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What rhymes with lighter

2 syllables
  • biter
  • brighter
  • fighter
  • miter
  • nighter
  • plighter
  • righter
  • tighter
  • titer
  • writer
  • blighter
  • brighters
  • kiter
  • mitre
  • niter
  • reiter
  • smiter
  • tightest
  • whiter
3 syllables
    4 syllables
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