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sister

How many syllables in sister?

  2 syllables

Divide sister into syllables:   sis-ter
Stressed syllable in sister:   sis-ter
How to pronounce sister:   sis-ter
How to say sister:

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What rhymes with sister

2 syllables
  • bister
  • clyster
  • glister
  • lister
  • mister
  • Sr
  • twiste
  • blister
  • fister
  • klister
  • Lister
  • Mr
  • tryster
  • twister
3 syllables
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