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tetherball

How many syllables in tetherball?

  3 syllables

Divide tetherball into syllables:   teth-er-ball
Primary syllable stress:   teth-er-ball
Secondary syllable stress:   teth-er-ball
How to pronounce tetherball:   teth-er-bawl
How to say tetherball:

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What rhymes with tetherball

2 syllables
  • feather
  • leather
  • tether
  • whether
  • Heather
  • nether
  • weather
3 syllables
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