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policed

How many syllables in policed?

  2 syllables

Divide policed into syllables:   po-liced
Stressed syllable in policed:   po-liced
How to say policed:

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What rhymes with policed

1 syllable
  • beast
  • east
  • fleeced
  • leased
  • pieced
  • se
  • ceased
  • feast
  • greased
  • least
  • priest
2 syllables
  • decreased
  • NE
  • released
  • yeas
3 syllables
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