pay

How many syllables in pay?

  358691427 syllable

Divide pay into syllables:   pay
Syllable stress:   pay
How to pronounce pay:   pey
How to say pay:

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Synonyms for pay


1 syllable
  • fee
  • square
  • give
  • wage
2 syllables
  • defray
  • earnings
  • paycheck
  • settle
  • stipend
  • disburse
  • forfeit
  • remit
  • shell out
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with pay

    1 syllable
    • a
    • ae
    • bay
    • blae
    • blayk
    • bray
    • brey
    • cay
    • chez
    • cray
    • da
    • dak
    • de
    • dk
    • drey
    • fay
    • fe
    • flay
    • frae
    • Frey
    • Gay
    • gey
    • gray
    • ha
    • hay
    • hayed
    • hey
    • j
    • jay
    • jaye
    • K
    • Kay
    • lay
    • ley
    • May
    • mei
    • neigh
    • ole
    • paye
    • Pei
    • pray
    • qua
    • quay
    • ray
    • re
    • say
    • shay
    • slay
    • spae
    • Spey
    • spray
    • stay
    • strey
    • tae
    • they
    • trey
    • Wei
    • wey
    • wray
    • yea
    • A
    • ay
    • bey
    • blay
    • brae
    • braye
    • cache
    • che
    • clay
    • Cray
    • dae
    • day
    • dey
    • dray
    • eh
    • faye
    • fey
    • fley
    • fray
    • ga
    • gay
    • gley
    • grey
    • hae
    • haye
    • he
    • Hue
    • J
    • Jay
    • k
    • kay
    • lait
    • lei
    • mae
    • may
    • nay
    • née
    • Ney
    • passe
    • pe
    • play
    • prey
    • quai
    • Rae
    • Ray
    • rene
    • se
    • shea
    • sleigh
    • spay
    • splay
    • sta
    • stray
    • sway
    • Tay
    • tray
    • way
    • weigh
    • whey
    • yay
    • zep
    2 syllables
    • abbe
    • aka
    • array
    • astray
    • ballet
    • betray
    • bouquet
    • buffet
    • cafe
    • Cathay
    • cliche
    • crochet
    • decay
    • delay
    • display
    • dovey
    • faberge
    • filet
    • gervais
    • Hervey
    • hurray
    • ita
    • Manet
    • Millay
    • moray
    • Ne
    • nisei
    • ok
    • okay's
    • palais
    • Piaget
    • prepay
    • purvey
    • repay
    • risque
    • sauted
    • sheading
    • sorbet
    • survey
    • toupee
    • wrayful
    • aday
    • allay
    • asea
    • away
    • belay
    • Bombay
    • bouvier
    • CA
    • callais
    • chalet
    • convey
    • croquet
    • defray
    • dismay
    • dossiere
    • essay
    • fianced
    • fillet
    • halfway
    • hooray
    • Ira
    • jose
    • marais
    • Monet
    • nayaur
    • NE
    • obey
    • okay
    • olay
    • parquet
    • portray
    • puree
    • Renee
    • replay
    • saute
    • Sergei
    • soiree
    • souffle
    • today
    • valet
    • WY
    3 syllables
    • antigay
    • brezilin
    • Cabernet
    • chevrolet
    • deseret
    • disobey
    • everyday
    • fiance
    • KKK
    • Monterey
    • overplay
    • perrier
    • societe
    • underplay
    • USA
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
    6 syllables
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