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mistaken

How many syllables in mistaken?

  3 syllables

Divide mistaken into syllables:   mis-tak-en
Stressed syllable in mistaken:   mis-tak-en
How to pronounce mistaken:   mi-stey-kun
How to say mistaken:

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Synonyms for mistaken


1 syllable
  • false
  • wrong
  • flawed
2 syllables
  • faulty
    3 syllables
    • in the wrong
    • misguided
    4 syllables
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      What rhymes with mistaken

      1 syllable
      • wake
        2 syllables
        • bacon
        • shaken
        • Macon
        • taken
        3 syllables
        • awaken
        • Jamaican
        • shakenly
        • forsaken
        • retaken
        • unshaken
        4 syllables
          5 syllables
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