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Orpheus

How many syllables in Orpheus?

  3 syllables

Divide Orpheus into syllables:   Or-phe-us
Stressed syllable in Orpheus:   Or-phe-us
How to say Orpheus:

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What rhymes with Orpheus

2 syllables
  • Aarhus
  • abuse
  • burnoose
  • Cayuse
  • charmeuse
  • conduce
  • diffuse
  • footloose
  • mongoose
  • obtuse
  • prepuce
  • Purus
  • retuse
  • slip noose
  • transduce
  • vamoose
  • abstruse
  • Atreus
  • caboose
  • ceruse
  • chartreuse
  • couscous
  • excuse
  • induce
  • negus
  • papoose
  • profuse
  • recluse
  • Sanctus
  • Tereus
  • unloose
3 syllables
  • Cepheus
  • Perseus
  • Morpheus
  • proteus
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