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shipwreck

How many syllables in shipwreck?

  2 syllables

Divide shipwreck into syllables:   ship-wreck
Primary syllable stress:   ship-wreck
Secondary syllable stress:   ship-wreck
How to pronounce shipwreck:   ship-rek
How to say shipwreck:

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Synonyms for shipwreck


1 syllable
  • hulk
  • shell
2 syllables
  • remains
  • wreckage
  • ruin
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What rhymes with shipwreck

2 syllables
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