were

How many syllables in were?

  982541376 syllable

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

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What rhymes with were

1 syllable
  • birr
  • blur's
  • burr
  • chirr
  • cur
  • der
  • err
  • fer
  • fleur
  • fur
  • her
  • mer
  • murre
  • per
  • pur
  • sher
  • shor
  • sir
  • slur
  • spurr
  • sur
  • thir
  • we're
  • your
  • blur
  • bur
  • Burr
  • churr
  • curr
  • durr
  • eure
  • fir
  • for
  • gurr
  • knur
  • murr
  • myrrh
  • pere
  • purr
  • shirr
  • Sir
  • skirr
  • spur
  • stir
  • ter
  • Ur
  • whir
2 syllables
  • abjure
  • chauffeur
  • confer
  • demur
  • firca
  • incur
  • inter
  • monsieur
  • prefer
  • refer
  • transfer's
  • adjure
  • concur
  • defer
  • deter
  • fleuret
  • infer
  • liqueur
  • occur
  • recur
  • transfer
3 syllables
4 syllables
6 syllables
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