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tends

How many syllables in tends?

  1 syllable

Divide tends into syllables:   tends
Syllable stress:   tends
How to say tends:

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What rhymes with tends

1 syllable
  • bends
  • ends
  • friend's
  • lends
  • pends
  • sends
  • trends
  • blends
  • fends
  • friends
  • mends
  • rends
  • spends
  • wend
2 syllables
  • amends
  • attends
  • commends
  • defends
  • descends
  • intends
  • portends
  • suspends
3 syllables
4 syllables
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