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pokey

How many syllables in pokey?

  2 syllables

Divide pokey into syllables:   pok-ey
Stressed syllable in pokey:   pok-ey
How to pronounce pokey:   poh-kee
How to say pokey:

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What rhymes with pokey

2 syllables
  • cokie
  • loci
  • oki
  • poky
  • smoky
  • hokey
  • okey
  • okie
  • smokey
3 syllables
  • okia
    4 syllables
    • karaoke
    • okimono
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