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strain

How many syllables in strain?

  1 syllable

Divide strain into syllables:   strain
Syllable stress:   strain
How to pronounce strain:   streyn
How to say strain:

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Synonyms for strain


1 syllable
  • brand
  • kink
  • Rick
  • sift
  • sprain
  • crick
  • pull
  • sieve
  • slog
  • tax
2 syllables
  • demands
  • trauma
3 syllables
  • family
4 syllables
  • variety
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What rhymes with strain

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
  • rain
  • rein
  • sane
  • Seine
  • Shane
  • slain
  • Spain
  • stain
  • 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
  • reign
  • sain
  • saned
  • seine
  • skein
  • slane
  • sprain
  • stane
  • 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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