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tanker

How many syllables in tanker?

  2 syllables

Divide tanker into syllables:   tank-er
How to pronounce tanker:   tang-ker
How to say tanker:

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What rhymes with tanker

2 syllables
  • anchor
  • banker
  • canker
  • chancre
  • franker
  • rancor
  • rankers
  • thanker
  • anchors
  • bankers
  • cankers
  • flanker
  • hanker
  • ranker
  • spanker
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