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retractable

How many syllables in retractable?

  4 syllables

Divide retractable into syllables:   re-tract-a-ble
Stressed syllable in retractable:   re-tract-a-ble
How to say retractable:

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What rhymes with retractable

3 syllables
    4 syllables
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