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Peter

How many syllables in Peter?

  2 syllables

Divide Peter into syllables:   Pe-ter
Stressed syllable in Peter:   Pe-ter
How to pronounce Peter:   pee-ter
How to say Peter:

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What rhymes with Peter

2 syllables
  • beater
  • cheater
  • fetor
  • heater
  • meeter
  • neater
  • Pieter
  • praetor
  • seater
  • skeeter
  • teeter
  • treaters
  • bleater
  • eater
  • greeter
  • liter
  • meter
  • neaters
  • pleater
  • rhetor
  • sheeter
  • sweeter
  • treater
  • tweeter
3 syllables
  • cheateries
  • dieter
  • eatery
  • repeater
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