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rain

How many syllables in rain?

  1 syllable

Divide rain into syllables:   rain
Syllable stress:   rain
How to pronounce rain:   rayn
How to say rain:

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Synonyms for rain


1 syllable
  • drop
  • flood
  • pour
  • stream
  • fall
  • hail
  • spit
  • teem
2 syllables
  • barrage
  • deluge
  • drizzle
  • mizzle
  • shower
  • torrent
  • come down
  • downpour
  • light rain
  • rainfall
  • sprinkle
  • volley
3 syllables
  • bucket down
  • heavy rain
  • driving rain
  • rainwater
4 syllables
    5 syllables
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      What rhymes with rain

      1 syllable
      • ain
      • ane
      • bain
      • blain
      • brain
      • cane
      • crain
      • dain
      • deign
      • draine
      • fain
      • feign
      • frayne
      • grain
      • hain
      • heyne
      • Jane
      • kane
      • lain
      • lane
      • layne
      • main
      • mane
      • pain
      • pane
      • plane
      • reign
      • sain
      • saned
      • seine
      • skein
      • slane
      • sprain
      • stane
      • swain
      • thegn
      • twain
      • vain
      • vein
      • wane
      • Aisne
      • Bain
      • bane
      • blains
      • cain
      • chain
      • crane
      • Dane
      • drain
      • dwayne
      • fane
      • frayn
      • gain
      • grein
      • hayne
      • Jain
      • kain
      • Kane
      • laine
      • Lane
      • ln
      • Maine
      • mane's
      • Paine
      • plain
      • quean
      • rein
      • sane
      • Seine
      • Shane
      • slain
      • Spain
      • stain
      • strain
      • thane
      • train
      • Twain
      • vane
      • wain
      • Wayne
      2 syllables
      • abstain
      • aine
      • alane
      • arcane
      • attain
      • butane
      • champagne
      • Champlain
      • complain
      • contain
      • demain
      • detain
      • domain
      • duane
      • explain
      • Germain
      • germane
      • Hussein
      • insane
      • lainage
      • Lorraine
      • moraine
      • obtain
      • pertain
      • refrain
      • remain
      • retain
      • Rogaine
      • sartain
      • sustain
      • terrain's
      • urbane
      • again
      • Alain
      • amain
      • arraign
      • Bahrain
      • campaign
      • champaign
      • cocaine
      • constrain
      • delaine
      • demal
      • disdain
      • duan
      • Elaine
      • frayproof
      • Germaine
      • humane
      • inane
      • Jermaine
      • layner
      • maintain
      • mundane
      • ordain
      • profane
      • regain
      • restrain
      • retrain
      • romaine
      • Spokane
      • terrain
      • Ukraine
      • veinal
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
      6 syllables
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