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purr

How many syllables in purr?

  1 syllable

Divide purr into syllables:   purr
Syllable stress:   purr
How to pronounce purr:   p-uhr
How to say purr:

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Synonyms for purr


1 syllable
  • buzz
  • hum
  • drone
  • whirr
2 syllables
  • purring
  • vibrate
  • rumble
3 syllables
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    What rhymes with purr

    1 syllable
    • birr
    • blur's
    • burr
    • chirr
    • cur
    • der
    • err
    • fer
    • fleur
    • fur
    • her
    • mer
    • murre
    • per
    • pur
    • shirr
    • Sir
    • skirr
    • spur
    • stir
    • ter
    • Ur
    • were
    • you're
    • blur
    • bur
    • Burr
    • churr
    • curr
    • durr
    • eure
    • fir
    • for
    • gurr
    • knur
    • murr
    • myrrh
    • pere
    • sher
    • shor
    • sir
    • slur
    • spurr
    • sur
    • thir
    • we're
    • whir
    • your
    2 syllables
    • abjure
    • chauffeur
    • confer
    • demur
    • firca
    • incur
    • inter
    • monsieur
    • prefer
    • refer
    • transfer's
    • adjure
    • concur
    • defer
    • deter
    • fleuret
    • infer
    • liqueur
    • occur
    • recur
    • transfer
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    6 syllables
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