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prayer

How many syllables in prayer?

  2 syllables

Divide prayer into syllables:   pray-er
Stressed syllable in prayer:   pray-er
How to say prayer:

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Synonyms for prayer


1 syllable
  • grace
  • plea
3 syllables
    4 syllables
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    What rhymes with prayer

    1 syllable
    • aer
    • Ayr
    • bare
    • Blair
    • blare
    • chair
    • cher
    • Claire
    • dare
    • darr
    • ere
    • Eyre
    • fair
    • faired
    • fer
    • flare
    • gare
    • glare
    • haire
    • heir
    • Khmer
    • lare
    • mair
    • mare
    • ne'er
    • pare
    • rare
    • sare
    • serr
    • snare
    • square
    • stare
    • tare
    • their
    • there
    • vair
    • wear
    • werre
    • yare
    • air
    • ayre
    • bear
    • blair
    • care
    • chare
    • clair
    • Clare
    • Dare
    • e'er
    • err
    • eyre
    • faire
    • fare
    • flair
    • gair
    • glair
    • hair
    • hare
    • Herr
    • lair
    • lehr
    • maire
    • mer
    • pair
    • pear
    • rear
    • scare
    • share
    • spare
    • stair
    • swear
    • tear
    • theirn
    • they're
    • ware
    • weir
    • where
    2 syllables
    • affair
    • aware
    • beware
    • compare
    • declare
    • dispair
    • ferre
    • foursquare
    • grayer
    • guerre
    • impair
    • layer
    • Mayer
    • midair
    • payer
    • player
    • repair
    • sayer
    • slayer
    • sprayer
    • stayers
    • strayers
    • Thayer
    • Voltaire
    • Astaire
    • bayer
    • brayer
    • dareall
    • despair
    • ensnare
    • forswear
    • gayer
    • grayers
    • hayer
    • Javier
    • mairie
    • mayor
    • moliere
    • Pierre
    • prepare
    • sauter
    • Sinclair
    • slayers
    • stayer
    • strayer
    • terre
    • unfair
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
    6 syllables
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