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ruff

How many syllables in ruff?

  1 syllable

Divide ruff into syllables:   ruff
Syllable stress:   ruff
How to pronounce ruff:   ruhf
How to say ruff:

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What rhymes with ruff

1 syllable
  • bluff
  • chough
  • cluff
  • cuff's
  • fluff
  • guff
  • huff
  • muff
  • puff
  • scruff
  • shuff
  • snuff
  • stuff
  • tuff
  • buff
  • chuff
  • cuff
  • duff
  • gruff
  • hough
  • luff
  • pluff
  • rough
  • scuff
  • slough
  • sough
  • tough
2 syllables
  • cluing
  • rebuff
  • enough
3 syllables
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