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wails

How many syllables in wails?

  1 syllable

Divide wails into syllables:   wails
Syllable stress:   wails
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What rhymes with wails

1 syllable
  • ails
  • bails
  • brailles
  • fails
  • hailes
  • hales
  • mails
  • males
  • pails
  • quails
  • rales
  • sale's
  • scales
  • snail's
  • swails
  • tails
  • trails
  • Wales
  • ales
  • bales
  • dale's
  • gales
  • hails
  • jails
  • male's
  • nails
  • pales
  • rails
  • sails
  • sales
  • shales
  • snails
  • swales
  • tales
  • veils
  • Whales
2 syllables
  • assails
  • calles
  • dales
  • details
  • entails
  • quaily
  • swaimous
  • unveils
  • avails
  • curtails
  • derails
  • emails
  • prevails
  • ralish
  • travails
  • Versailles
4 syllables
    5 syllables
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