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tailrace

How many syllables in tailrace?

  2 syllables

Divide tailrace into syllables:   tail-race
Primary syllable stress:   tail-race
Secondary syllable stress:   tail-race
How to pronounce tailrace:   teyl-reys
How to say tailrace:

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What rhymes with tailrace

1 syllable
  • lyase
  • Quilmes
  • manes
2 syllables
  • abase
  • Alsace
  • apace
  • best-case
  • birthplace
  • boldface
  • bootlace
  • briefcase
  • crankcase
  • debase
  • disgrace
  • dogface
  • efface
  • emplace
  • enchase
  • erase
  • firebase
  • footpace
  • foreface
  • gyrase
  • hard case
  • hydrase
  • kinase
  • lightface
  • maltase
  • milreis
  • mutase
  • null-space
  • outface
  • outrace
  • postface
  • scapegrace
  • showcase
  • slipcase
  • someplace
  • subbase
  • suitcase
  • typeface
  • unbrace
  • watchcase
  • whey-face
  • workplace
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