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pertain

How many syllables in pertain?

  2 syllables

Divide pertain into syllables:   per-tain
Stressed syllable in pertain:   per-tain
How to pronounce pertain:   per-teyn
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Synonyms for pertain


2 syllables
  • affect
  • concern
  • apply
  • relate
3 syllables
  • be valid
    4 syllables
    • be relevant
      5 syllables
      • be appropriate
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        What rhymes with pertain

        1 syllable
        • bain
        • blain
        • brain
        • cane
        • crain
        • dain
        • deign
        • draine
        • fain
        • feign
        • frayne
        • grain
        • hain
        • heyne
        • Jane
        • kane
        • laine
        • layne
        • main
        • mane
        • pain
        • pane
        • plane
        • reign
        • sain
        • saned
        • slain
        • Spain
        • stain
        • swain
        • train
        • vain
        • vein
        • wane
        • bane
        • blains
        • cain
        • chain
        • crane
        • Dane
        • drain
        • dwayne
        • fane
        • frayn
        • gain
        • grein
        • hayne
        • Jain
        • kain
        • lain
        • lane
        • ln
        • Maine
        • mane's
        • Paine
        • plain
        • rain
        • rein
        • sane
        • Shane
        • slane
        • sprain
        • strain
        • thane
        • Twain
        • vane
        • wain
        • Wayne
        2 syllables
        • abstain
        • aine
        • airplane
        • alane
        • arcane
        • attain
        • Bassein
        • biplane
        • block plane
        • boat train
        • bugbane
        • campaign
        • champaign
        • checkrein
        • chilblain
        • chow mein
        • cocaine
        • Coltrane
        • constrain
        • cordwain
        • coxswain
        • delaine
        • demal
        • deplane
        • detain
        • devein
        • distain
        • dogbane
        • duan
        • dumb cane
        • Elaine
        • enchain
        • enplane
        • ethane
        • eyestrain
        • fleabane
        • floodplain
        • forebrain
        • frayproof
        • Germain
        • germane
        • grosgrain
        • henbane
        • house-train
        • Hussein
        • immane
        • ingrain
        • jack plane
        • lainage
        • layner
        • lightplane
        • long-chain
        • maintain
        • membrane
        • midbrain
        • Montaigne
        • moraine
        • Moulmein
        • New Spain
        • octane
        • plain-Jane
        • propane
        • purslane
        • raise Cain
        • regain
        • restrain
        • retrain
        • Rogaine
        • sailplane
        • sea-lane
        • seatrain
        • Spokane
        • tailplane
        • terrain
        • terrane
        • towplane
        • Ukraine
        • urbane
        • vervain
        • villein
        • warplane
        • wolfsbane
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