U

How many syllables in U?

  1 syllable

Divide U into syllables:   U
Syllable stress:   U
How to pronounce U:   U
How to say U:

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What rhymes with U

1 syllable
  • bleu
  • blue
  • brew
  • chou
  • clue
  • coup
  • crew
  • cue
  • do
  • doux
  • du
  • ewe
  • flew
  • flue
  • fou
  • glew
  • gnu
  • grew
  • gue
  • hewe
  • hue
  • Jew
  • Koo
  • kyu
  • lieu
  • Lu
  • mew
  • moue
  • new
  • ooh
  • phew
  • plew
  • Pu
  • q
  • que
  • rew
  • Ru
  • schuh
  • shew
  • shoo
  • Sioux
  • slew
  • slue
  • sou
  • spew
  • stew
  • su
  • Sue
  • tew
  • threw
  • thru
  • too
  • true
  • tue
  • view
  • who
  • Wu
  • yew
  • yu
  • zoo
  • blew
  • boo
  • chew
  • clew
  • coo
  • coups
  • crewe
  • dew
  • doo
  • drew
  • due
  • few
  • flu
  • foo
  • fu
  • glue
  • goo
  • gu
  • hew
  • hoo
  • hugh
  • knew
  • ku
  • Lew
  • loo
  • lue
  • moo
  • mu
  • nu
  • pew
  • phu
  • pooh
  • pugh
  • qu
  • queue
  • roux
  • rue
  • screw
  • shoe
  • shrew
  • skew
  • slough
  • smew
  • sous
  • sprue
  • strew
  • sue
  • sui
  • thew
  • through
  • to
  • trew
  • tu
  • two
  • whew
  • woo
  • xu
  • you
  • Zhou
2 syllables
  • accrue
  • ado
  • anew
  • babu
  • bamboo
  • blueys
  • canoe
  • chewy
  • debut
  • dewy
  • ensue
  • Fitzhugh
  • gooey
  • hooeys
  • into
  • Kwangju
  • matsui
  • outgrew
  • Peru
  • redo
  • review
  • screwy
  • subdue
  • taboo
  • tatu
  • undue
  • untrue
  • wahoo
  • yue
  • adieu
  • ague
  • askew
  • Baku
  • bluey
  • buoy
  • cebu
  • construe
  • deux
  • ennui
  • eschew
  • fondue
  • hooey
  • imbue
  • kazoo
  • leu
  • outdo
  • perdue
  • pursue
  • renew
  • revue
  • shampoo
  • suey
  • tattoo
  • undo
  • unglue
  • Urdu
  • withdrew
3 syllables
  • ballyhoo
  • IOU
  • Katmandu
  • misconstrue
  • overdue
  • Timbuktu
  • hitherto
  • kangaroo
  • komatsu
  • overdo
  • overthrew
4 syllables
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