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people

How many syllables in people?

  2 syllables

Divide people into syllables:   peo-ple
Stressed syllable in people:   peo-ple
How to pronounce people:   pee-pul
How to say people:

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Synonyms for people


1 syllable
  • clan
  • folks
  • kin
  • those
  • fill
  • group
  • race
2 syllables
  • country
  • fill with
  • kinfolk
  • nation
  • person's
  • public
  • workers
  • dwell in
  • frequent
  • live in
  • natives
  • persons
  • worker's
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
  • civilization
  • make somewhere your home
11 syllables
  • introduce somebody to an area
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    What rhymes with people

    2 syllables
    • beagle
    • cripple
    • eagle
    • evil
    • fetal
    • legal
    • maple
    • pipal
    • ripple
    • seagull
    • sidle
    • steeple
    • supple
    • triple
    • beetle
    • diesel
    • equal
    • feeble
    • lapel
    • lethal
    • needle
    • regal
    • sample
    • sepal
    • simple
    • stipule
    • tepal
    • weasel
    3 syllables
      4 syllables
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        cats = many cats
        cat's = belongs to one cat
        cats' = belongs to many cats
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